Education
Oil tycoon Ian Wood calls for change in schools
ONE of Scotland’s most successful captains of industry has called for a culture change in the way youngsters are prepared for the “world of work”, including classroom lessons on the workplace.
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Denis Edwards: Playing residency card weakens our hand
Discrimination against EU students at Scottish universities does not sit well with Scotland’s place in Europe, writes Denis Edwards
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UHI Principal James M Fraser to retire
THE Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands has announced he is to retire at the end of the year.
Uni greenhouse gas centre to boost city jobs
THE Capital is set for hundreds of jobs and a home energy revolution after engineers opened a world-leading research centre to pioneer advances in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
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Edinburgh Uni students protest US drone funding
STUDENT leaders and human rights workers have demanded Edinburgh University dumps its shareholding in a firm that helps make “killer” attack drones for the American military machine.
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Brian Cox opens new Dundee University DNA lab
In the hit X-Men movie franchise, Hollywood actor Brian Cox portrays a scientist determined to expose mutants as a threat to humanity.
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Hugh Reilly: Education ‘experts’ fail humanity exam
GOD, they say, loves a trier, but even His affection was tested to the limit last week on discovering the latest attempt by Reform Scotland (RF) to influence the country’s education system.
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£5m refit for Edinburgh College’s Sighthill campus
BOSSES at the newly merged Edinburgh College have unveiled a landmark £5 million investment aimed at transforming its oldest campus into a “state-of-the-art” education gateway.
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Sighthill pupils turn down lavish school prom
END of term used to mean the chance to take a board game to school or, if you were lucky, the chance to wear jeans and a T-shirt instead of your uniform.
20 commentsSchool wins prize for use of technology
A SPECIAL needs school in the Capital has scooped a major national award for its use of technology to aid learning.
MacAskill finds community spirit at school
SCOTLAND’S Justice Minister has met pupils and parents at a city primary after they took part in a pioneering scheme designed to strengthen bonds between schools and families.
New chief executive to head independent teachers’ body
A NEW chief executive has been announced to lead Scotland’s independent self-regulating professional body for teaching.
New headteacher for Royal Blind School
The Royal Blind School, one of Scotland’s most prestigious special schools, has appointed a new headteacher.
Fewer poor students in top unis than ten years ago
TOP universities are becoming more exclusive, with fewer poor students admitted than a decade ago, government advisers warned.
1 commentLiz Smith: Consensus is growing that we need change
SOMETHING very interesting is happening in the world of Scottish education.
Parents call for state school ‘alternative’
PARENTS are mounting a bid to create their own “alternative” state school, amid fresh calls for local authorities to provide greater choice within the education system.
22 commentsPupils’ thank you to ‘baby teachers’
PRIMARY school pupils are to say “thank you” to the babies who have helped them boost their ability to empathise.
Royal Blind School to cash in on Edinburgh icon
AN iconic building where visually impaired children have been taught for almost 180 years is up for sale – and is expected to fetch the Capital’s Royal Blind School millions.
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Dalry Primary publish book on school’s diversity
IT IS a school that looks like any other in the Capital – yet one where daily lessons are conducted in dozens of languages from all corners of the globe.
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Number of kids needing language help doubles
THE number of schoolchildren receiving help with English as a second language in the Capital’s schools has more than doubled in only eight years, new figures show.
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Dundee City Square restored in time for graduations
MORE than £2million of landscaping improvements in the heart of Dundee are nearing completion, it was announced today.
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Alison Payne: Colleges not school of hard knocks
Offering colleges equal parity with universities is vital if we are to improve their current status, writes Alison Payne
University focus could brand colleges second-rate
THE push to encourage more working-class students to go to university could damage Scotland’s colleges and further cement their image as a “lesser choice”, a new report has found.
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Scottish uni students show degree of pessimism
STUDENTS leaving Scottish universities are among the most pessimistic in the UK about their chances of securing a graduate job, a survey has found.
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Emeli Sande given honorary degree by Glasgow Uni
SCOTTISH singer-songwriter Emeli Sande has been handed an honorary degree by Glasgow University for her “outstanding contribution to the music industry.”
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Could humble blaeberry provide a cure for diabetes?
RESEARCHERS at a Scottish university are seeking volunteers for a study to discover whether the blaeberry could play a critical role in the fight against diabetes.
Universities to recruit more poorer background students
SCOTTISH universities are to recruit more than 700 extra students from poorer backgrounds in a drive to widen access to higher education.
Emma Cowing: Gender stereotype toys make me blue
NOT long ago, I found myself trawling through a gift website searching for a present for a friend who had given birth to a boy. Clicking on what I thought was the baby page, I took one look at it, shook my head, and clicked through.
Scots universities to get £40m for poorer students
SCOTLAND’S most selective universities are to allow greater access for poorer students and allocate more places to graduates from local colleges.
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Portobello Toddler Hut rebuild plan gets boost
A PROJECT to build a state-of-the-art home for Britain’s oldest independent playgroup has taken a “huge step forward” after city finance chiefs approved a new 80-year lease.
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Hugh Reilly: Teachers must stem bleedin’ heart act
LIKE many Victorian market towns posing as cities, Perth’s local economy is dependent on the vital tourist-fleecing sector.
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Scottish universities social mix ‘changed little’
ACCESS to Scotland’s universities remains as socially unequal as it was in the mid-1990s, despite the scrapping of tuition fees and attempts to encourage more working-class students, a major study has found.
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Call for universities to boost efforts over access
SCOTLAND’S universities must “redouble their efforts” on widening access, the Westminster government’s social mobility tsar has warned.
Camilla is new chancellor of Aberdeen University Picture gallery
The Duchess of Cornwall has been installed as chancellor of Aberdeen University, following a ceremony at the university today.
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Minister calls for state funding for church schools
THE Scottish Government has been urged by a Church minister to allow churches and secularists to run their own state-funded schools as a petition raising the issue of provision of religious observance comes to Holyrood.
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Plan for co-ops network to revolutionise city’s childcare
EDUCATION chiefs have unveiled a drive to improve the affordability of childcare by creating a network of “co-operative” providers across the Capital.
Dundee University to lead bladder cancer research
RESEARCHERS at a Scottish university are to lead a European wide research project to discover whether advanced laser techniques can be used to both detect and treat bladder cancer.
The disease is one of the most common forms of cancer – particularly among the over-60s – and one of the hardest to diagnose and treat.
NUS urges campus ban on payday lenders advertising
THE National Union of Students (NUS) has launched a campaign urging colleges and universities to ban advertising by payday lenders on their campuses.
1 commentDoctors urged to back free school music lessons
SENIOR doctors are to be urged to back calls for the Scottish government to provide free music lessons for primary school children because of the health benefits of learning a musical instrument.
Mike Russell pledges to cut teachers’ workloads
EDUCATION secretary Mike Russell yesterday pledged to cut teachers’ workloads in a move to head off strike action in Scotland’s schools.
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Children’s commissioner: Rules on touching ‘wrong’
SCOTLAND’S Children’s Commissioner has claimed that touching children is “fundamental” to their development and that the “pendulum of safety has swung too far” in their relationship with adults such as teachers.
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Primary pupils in Edinburgh school sports event
MORE than 1000 Edinburgh primary school pupils are set to compete in one of the Capital’s largest ever school sports events.
Edinburgh education pledge is ‘on track’
A DRIVE to ensure every child in the Capital gets the best start in life is on track, education chiefs have claimed.
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Scottish teachers vote in favour of strike action
TEACHERS have backed calls for strike action, amid claims a generation of children has fallen victim to the botched delivery of Scotland’s new school curriculum.
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Dundee christian teacher gets harrassment payout
DUNDEE City Council has been forced to pay £100,000 compensation to a former school worker who suffered “obscene” harrassment from male colleagues.
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Glasgow uni sexism row students cleared of charges
TWO students at a Scottish university embroiled in a sexism row have been cleared of all charges after a disciplinary hearing ruled that they had no case to answer.
Council staff forced to pay for background checks
Thousands of public servants are being forced to pay £59 out of their own pockets to prove they are not criminals.
27 commentsThree more city schools to equip pupils with iPads
A pilot scheme that equips school pupils with tablet computers has proved so successful it is to be rolled out to further schools across the Capital.
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