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Smartphones are set to be banned in schools in New Zealand.

Which nations have imposed a smartphone ban in schools and will Scotland follow?

As New Zealand becomes the latest country to prohibit smartphones in schools, which other nations ha...
Jenny Gilruth accused of acting like a 'bystander' while school violence soars
Opposition MSPs express ‘dismay’ amid ‘lack of meaningful action’ claim...
Education secretary Jenny Gilruth. Picture: Michael Gillen

Analysis: SNP must act to curtail alarming trends in Scottish schools

Issues identified in new report go far beyond fighting among pupils
Former SNP languages minister condemns Aberdeen University degree and staff cutsCalum Ross
Calum Ross
‘Staggering' rise in use of weapons, violence and drugs in Scotland's schools
Major study highlights scale of problems in Scottish primary schools...
Here are 5 key issues the SNP's school violence action plan must address
Education secretary Jenny Gilruth will make a Holyrood statement after the summit on school violence...
A sign for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) building in Edinburgh.

New SQA chair appointed to help oversee replacement of Scotland's exams body

Aberdeen parents scrambling to get their children into Lord Byron's old school

Exclusive Demand for Aberdeen schools quadruples after influx of students and refugees

Stella Maris took up the role of rector only last month (Pics: University of St Andrews)

St Andrews University rector under fire over Israel 'genocide' claim

Police say inquiries are continuing (Pic: TSPL)

Police probe Fife school assault and video of the attack

The debate about education in Scotland has sometimes seemed divorced from the reality in the classroom (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

SNP blew £1 billion failing to close the educational attainment gap

It is vital that children become skilled in using computers (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Voters now have a new reason to be sceptical about SNP promises

The Educational Institute of Scotland has published the findings of its survey of 875 schools, showing 82.7 per cent of schools report violent or aggressive incidents each week

More than eight in ten schools report violent incidents each week

Exclusive SNP ministers delay laptop for every pupil policy again, saving £14m

Online options mean you can upskill or change career direction without having to give up your job. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Learn from the best of the best at Edinburgh Napier’s Business School

Sally Mapstone

Education leaders from around the world arrive in Edinburgh for summit

Peter Brown, director Scotland at the British Council

British Council chief relishing return to Scotland to help the nation go global

Education and Skills Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

'Problematic' fall in student teachers willing to be sent anywhere in Scotland

Scotland's Highers are more than a century old

School leaders back calls to scrap historic name for Scotland's 'Highers'

The University of Edinburgh accepted more than £12m funding from organisations with links to the Chinese military.

Edinburgh University took £12m from Chinese organisations with military links

Pupils (L-R) Tess Worley, Abbie Hart and Leah Mathieson from Craigmount High School in Edinburgh look at their exam results during SQA results day in 2023. SQA strikes could impact the delivery of exam results next year. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

SQA staff vote to strike over pay as impact on exam results looms

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

Scottish schools focussed on boosting attendance in wake of post-pandemic slump

Craigroyston Community High School. Photo: Paul Zanre

How one Scottish school is blazing a trail after double-whammy blow

Why education delays are no longer an option

Pupils sitting an exam. Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Are Scottish schools falling behind the rest of the world?

Meghan Gallacher, deputy leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Meet Meghan Gallacher, the Scottish Conservatives’ deputy leader

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

Exams shake-up delayed as schools tackle behaviour and attendance crisis

Pupils exam in classroom

Why only 1 in 10 Scottish pupils got better grades after exam result appeal

Education and Skills Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

SNP warned plans for a shake-up of Scottish education have been 'paralysed'

Colin Borland, from the Federation of Small Businesses. Picture: John Devlin

Business leaders warns SNP ministers against 'sacrificing' investment in skills

Exclusive 'Escalating concern' over future of £10m SNP fund to train thousands of workers

PIC LISA FERGUSON 03/10/2023 Edinburgh Airport , Aeroplane, Planes, runway Briyish Airways, EasyJet, Ryanair, Delta airlines

Overseas trips finally permitted for Edinburgh pupils as Covid rules relaxed

School strikes suspended after more money found by council leaders

Humza Yousaf arrives at Holyrood with Jenny Gilruth on Tuesday January 10, 2023.

7 key education questions MSPs want answered ahead of coming SNP-Green Budget

Professor Tom Gillingwater, chair of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in the institution's Skull Room. Picture: Neil Hanna

Skulls of Taiwanese warriors taken as trophies are returned by university

Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

Jenny Gilruth signals school violence 'action plan' will emerge within weeks

The 12 overperforming secondary schools in Scotland

The 18 best performing secondary schools in Scotland

School support staff walk out

Strikes will close schools in another five Scottish council areas this month

A new primary school was to be built next to Fraserburgh Academy, Aberdeenshire

Councils rethinking school building plans after 'devastating' SNP decision

'Hammer blow' for communities missing out on SNP school building funds

Pupils and staff have evacuated a Scottish secondary school following a 'threat'

Budding entrepreneurs at a Future Asset event in 2022

Pioneering investment competition for schoolgirls praised by Scottish teachers

Budding entrepreneurs at a Future Asset event in 2022.

How a Dragons' Den-style competition is opening doors for young Scots

A Our Lady's RC Primary School teacher reading The Bongles and The Crafty Crows. Photo: Abertay University/PA Wire

Children's book to teach primary one pupils in Scotland about cybersecurity

Compared to other nations that embrace a bilingual culture, many of us in Britain haven’t explored other languages. How come?

Language Learning: One of the most rewarding (yet overlooked) pastimes Thomas Mackay

Leonie Griffin and Catriona Scott at the Library of Mistakes in Edinburgh: Picture: Library of Mistakes

Edinburgh's financial history library to help teach money skills to Scots pupils

Professor Adam Dixon. Image: Paul Watt Photography

Ad Feature Adam Smith professor draws link from state capitalism to sustainable capitalism

If children do not turn up for school, their education will suffer but there are also wider problems for society (Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Shockingly high school absence rates must be tackled

Former finance secretary Kate Forbes. Picture: Craig Brough-Pool/Getty Images

Kate Forbes warns 'catastrophic' impact of Covid on pupils could last 40 years

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

Alarm over school absence crisis as nearly 80,000 pupils are missing every week

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth, seen visiting Edinburgh's Craigmount High, plans to create a Centre of Teaching Excellence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP’s dream of ‘teaching excellence’ looks set to backfire on education

School support staff members of Unison during a rally outside the Scottish Parliament: Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

More Scottish school strikes announced as new offer ruled out

Analysis Jenny Gilruth asks teachers to shape education reforms - will it work?

The UK robotics industry is projected to grow by more than 7 per cent by 2028, as part of a global robotics technology market valued in excess of $87 billion (£72bn) and which is projected to surpass $349bn by 2032.

Edinburgh Uni expands incubator programme for robotics entrepreneurs

It is time to recognise huge importance of colleges to Scotland's future

SNP urged to deliver funding deal for colleges as £52bn economic value found

Exclusive Huge bill for Eucalyptus trees and iron balcony at Edinburgh Uni chief's home

Hester Dewhurst, 22, from Wiltshire

Edinburgh University students speak of 'hurt' after six months without results

Early learning and childcare services are closing, but there are solutions Susan McGhee

Scottish Uni’s ranked best to worst in the Good University Guide ‘23

Staff will strike in schools in four council areas, including Glasgow, on November 1. Picture: John Devlin

School staff to strike in four council areas on November 1

Exclusive Student teacher scheme 'failing' as fewer than 7% agree to move anywhere

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

GMB and Unite members vote to accept council pay offer after Unison's rejection

CGI’s Lyndsey Teaz and Andrew Fournet with the Technicoders at Corstorphine Primary. Image: Stewart Attwood Photography 2023.

Robots help budding coders get creative at Scottish primary school

Rolling programme of school strikes confirmed as union rejects pay offer

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

Research finds Scottish schools are less 'segregated' by income than in England

Exclusive Huge demand for Catholic schools and top secondaries in Greater Glasgow

Exclusive SNP silence on dangerous Raac left councils turning to English schools guidance

The next generation of women is the world's only hope Susan Dalgety

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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