Education

New £47k-a-year specialist teachers ‘can help plug recruitment gaps’

Nicola Sturgeon during her last First Minister's Questions yesterday

Letters: Goodbye, First Minister. Maybe now we can get some answers
WE have endured the performance of Nicola Sturgeon and the Clapping Seals for the last eight years and why should the last day have been any different (")?

Emma Soanes, Chief Executive, Young Enterprise Scotland

Agenda: Sustainable change starts with young people

ON A HIGHER LEVEL - The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023

ON A HIGHER LEVEL - The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023

Design revealed for M&S building student flats in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street

Actor and RCS graduate Sam Heughan returns to RCS in July 2022 to receive an honorary doctorate. © Martin Shields

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ranked among world's top ten performing arts schools

Schools are currently legally required to be open for 190 days each year, but there is no legal prescription for teaching hours.

Scottish schools could see legal minimum of learning hours under new plans

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School children take part in a rally in support of British Sign Language becoming a recognised language in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament

OPINION Catriona Stewart: Gaelic in schools? British Sign Language is just as worthy

Gaelic duo's book is homage to legendary music figure

Gaelic duo's book is homage to legendary music figure

Our Writer at Large talks to journalist Gary Younge about becoming the most prominent black voice in British newspapers and the bigotry that he has experienced in Scotland

NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ ‘Men with bats shouted the N-word’: Gary Younge talks racism in Scotland

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Gillian Campbell-Throw, the new head teacher of Glasgow Gaelic School is the first who is not a native speaker of the ancient language

Glasgow Gaelic School's first 'learner' head teacher braced for record intake

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Gillian Campbell-Throw, the new head teacher of Glasgow Gaelic School is the first who is not a native speaker of the ancient language

Reasons for choosing Glasgow Gaelic school 'have changed' says new head teacher

SQA to appoint new chair ahead of education overhaul

SQA to appoint new chair ahead of education overhaul

Should we impose a curfew on cats to help protect other wildlife?

LETTERS It's time to follow Australia's lead and crack down on domestic cats

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South Lanarkshire teacher accused of sending teenage pupil indecent videos

South Lanarkshire teacher 'sent pupil indecent video and asked her to call him daddy'

There is a shortage of home-based medical students graduating from our universities

LETTERS The dire shortage of GPs is down to the SNP's failure to plan properly

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Inspectors found around one-third of 35 schools spread across all 32 local authorities had no process for monitoring and recording suspected or confirmed bullying

Opinion Doug Marr: Our youngsters must be protected from school bullies

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Scottish schools ranked fourth in the most recent OECD survey of Global Competencies

Letters EIS has played a key role in advancing Scottish education

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How Edinburgh became a world leader in artificial intelligence

How Edinburgh became a world leader in artificial intelligence

Humza Yousaf is widely regarded as the SNP's continuity candidate

Letters Why on earth is the SNP top brass pushing for Yousaf?

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Last week’s renewed pay offer gives teachers a pay rise of almost 15 per cent over a two-year period

Opinion Andy Maciver: New FM should show the teaching unions who’s boss

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The University of Aberdeen is to create a new course honouring 'forgotten' composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Exclusive Scots university to honour 'forgotten' legacy of 'Black Mozart'

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Largest teachers' union accepts pay deal ending long-running strikes

Updated Largest teachers' union accepts pay deal and ends long-running strikes

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Away from the cameras at the Channel 4 SNP hustings our rivals become friends

Away from the cameras at the Channel 4 SNP hustings our rivals become friends

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Members of the EIS and SSTA unions on the picket line at St Andrew's and St Brides High School in South Lanarkshire.

Scottish teaching union members vote to accept pay deal

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A group of migrants are brought in to Dover on board a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel earlier this week

LETTERS The best place to help migrants is back in the countries they come from

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RGC Online offers live-taught Highers and tech modules for students across Scotland

Sponsored How Robert Gordon's College is creating the next generation of tech innovators

Was the true extent of the value of North Sea oil and gas revenues deliberately kept from the Scottish people?

Letters It is clear that McCrone's report was suppressed by the UK

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Archive image of Nicola Sturgeon with young musicians celebrating the 10th birthday of Big Noise.

Threatened music projects saved from closure after securing £1.5m funding

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Further teacher strikes are currently planned for next week.

Unions await new offer as Swinney 'optimistic' deal could end teacher strikes

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Politicians say controversial 'school sex survey' is vindicated as results published

Exclusive Politicians say controversial 'school sex survey' is vindicated as results published

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Does the Additional Member System lead to complacency among MSPs?

LETTERS There is a serious problem with the lack of accountability of our MSPs

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Councils and government make new pay offer to teachers in bid to avert exam chaos

Updated Scotland's teacher strikes suspended as EIS urge members to accept new pay offer

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Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) held a during a previous rally as teachers took strike action.

Full list: When will each council be hit by rolling strikes over March and April?

CELEBRATING HIGH ACHIEVERS - The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023

CELEBRATING HIGH ACHIEVERS - The Herald Higher Education Awards 2023

Jonathan Anderson is Headmaster of Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh

Agenda Making the case for boarding schools in Scotland

A Foundation Apprenticeship helped Harley Higgins land a sought-after role with energy supply specialist Aggreko

Sponsored Apprenticeships see talent empowered by bright prospects in Scotland

Humza Yousaf repackages SNP pledge on childcare expansion in leadership bid

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Students can quote ChatGPT in their essays but cannot pass the work off as their own.

What is ChatGPT and is it a threat for Scottish educators?

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The theme of this year’s World Obesity Day is 'Let’s Talk About Obesity'

Sponsored It's time to talk about changing attitudes on World Obesity Day 2023

Does the Curriculum for Excellence lack direction?

LETTERS We need a prescriptive curriculum that defines what must be taught and how

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Children to miss school as teachers across Scotland strike over pay

Children to miss school as teachers across Scotland strike over pay

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Areas such as Ardnamurchan are heavily dependent on tourism. Could B&B licensing damage that?

Letters Licensing scheme for B&Bs will do real and lasting damage to the Highlands

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Blyton's first Famous Five book, Five on Treasure Island, is one of her hundreds of works that have sold in their millions

Issue of the day First Dahl.. .then Blyton... who is next?

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Nicola Sturgeon during her resignation speech

Letters: The next SNP leader must be someone who opposed Sturgeon

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Neil Gray, Humza Yousaf's campaign manager, this week said

Letters: SNP must leave religion alone and focus on the big issues

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Peter Meadows in 2005 wearing his Linnean Society tie and showing his Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam medal. Picture: Raymond Stoddart

Obituary Glasgow University marine biologist and environmentalist was honoured by Pakistan

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Fears over school library services through proposed cuts in some local authorities

Exclusive Education minister urged to intervene over proposed cuts to school library services

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Sophie Labelle has spoken of having

Issue of the Day Row over trans 'nappy' cartoonist asked to speak at library

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Members of the EIS union hold a rally outside Nicola Sturgeon's constituency office in Govanhill

Striking teachers hold rally outside Nicola Sturgeon's constituency office

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Borders Council has apologised to parents after mooting plans to invest in a new facility for children with complex needs which would have resulted in relocating Catholic pupils

Scots council forced into 'extraordinary U-turn' over Catholic school plan

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Many Glasgow City Council offices are no longer open to the public

Letters Here's how Glasgow can balance the books: get staff back into offices

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The Old Testament was written by many individuals over many centuries

Letters Do not condemn the Old Testament because of its perceived brutality

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Targeted school strikes get underway as union warns of exam disruption

Targeted school strikes get underway as union warns of exam disruption

Should classic children's books like the ones written by Roald Dahl be changed for the sensibilities of a new audience?

Opinion Catriona Stewart: Only twits think sanitising Roald Dahl isn't an insult to children

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