Education: Architect reveals ‘personal motivation’ for restoring Mackintosh treasure

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Eleanor Magennis, estates manager for Glasgow School of Art

Architect reveals ‘personal motivation’ for restoring Mackintosh treasure

“You can see glimpses of the old building,” says Eleanor Magennis, who is helping oversee the complex and costly project to restore Glasgow School of Art (GSA)’s world-renowned “Mack” building by 2030.

The project to rebuild Glasgow School of Art has a completion target of 2030

£100m Glasgow School of Art rebuild “affordable” and ready by 2030

The multi-million pound project to restore Glasgow School of Art is “affordable” and may not require any public funds, its leader has said.

The first phase of the rebuild has been completed at Glasgow's School of Art

First look inside Glasgow School of Art as phase one of rebuild is completed

The first phase of physical preparatory work to rebuild Glasgow School of Art's fire-damaged Mackintosh building has been completed, art school bosses have said.

Members of the EIS at a rally on Glasgow Green late last year

Desperation has driven Scotland's teachers to take strike action

TEACHERS in Scotland are striking for the first time in more than 40 years. This isn’t just because of the cost of living crisis or past pandemic pressures, but a result of chronic under-funding and lack of acceptance of the problems within the system over many years. The Government will say it has allocated so many millions to education but the reality of how this has been used tells a different story. Meanwhile, the growing needs within the classroom are screaming out for a full refresh and

Is independence the best way to tackle poverty and inequality?

Letters: Independence must come first if our problems are to be solved

MY primary school days were very long ago, but I can recall a class being instructed to debate the question of which was most important: money, power or happiness. Even at that age I felt that there was something wrong with the question, for “happiness” is not on the same level as the other two: the people who make “money” or “power” their principal goals do so in the belief that their “happiness” will be increased by the fact of having a lot of “power” and/or “money”.

When is the February half-term for England and Scotland in 2023?

The February half-term will soon be approaching for Scottish and English pupils as part of the 2022/23 school year