THE damage caused to banking’s image by the financial crisis is making it more difficult to recruit graduates into the industry, the head of one of Britain’s biggest banks has warned.

LAST weekend, anti-teacher forces picked up belligerent chatter emanating from the GHQ of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association.

ALMOST half of Scots believe parents should have the right to send their children to a Gaelic school, research shows.

JUST over half of Scottish teachers have considered leaving the profession during the past year, a survey has found.

THE head of one of Scotland’s largest teaching unions will today call for a “D-day invasion” against the attacks of politicians, “ill-informed parents” and “out of control youngsters”.

THE authority which hands out funding to university students has been forced to apologise after more than 30,000 were left without vital bursary payments.

WE might not agree with the choices made, but universities should resist interference in elections from outside, writes Michael Kelly

In POLITE society, it is considered bad form to ask a wheelchair-user to prove his disability by attempting to stand up, although admittedly the UK government is actively attempting to change this social norm in an effort to make the deserving poor pay for the excesses of Etonian banking chums.

THE head of an Edinburgh private school has called for an end to the “outdated, indefensible and cruel” system of separating children by ability in primary classes.

TWO of the largest teaching unions have become the latest group to attack a new code of governance for Scotland’s universities.

IT IS around this time of year that many young people are starting to plan and look forward to their gap year or “gap yah”.

THE number of children in Scottish schools who need extra help in the classroom due to conditions such as autism, ADHD and learning difficulties has shown a dramatic fourfold increase in the past ten years, figures reveal.

SCOTS children will have to go to a private school if they want to learn the bagpipes, industry experts have warned.

Retailer John Lewis is to provide staff with the opportunity to study for degrees under a scheme dubbed “University of John Lewis”.

Millions of children are missing out on the best books in the world because so few are translated into English, according to award-winning author David Almond.

Graduate job opportunities are to be increased by new links between university and business authorities.

ONE of Scotland’s leading private schools has been told it must do more to help pupils from less well-off backgrounds join its ranks or risk losing its charitable status.

GLASGOW School of Art has appointed a senior official from Dundee University to be its new director.

THE number of Scots applying for a place at university is on the increase, according to newly published figures.

The issue of university governance is an important one, and merits a serious discussion.