Education

Barely a day passes in Scotland without a media storm about how institutions, such as universities or big businesses, practice equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work, writes Dr Kevin Guyan.

Pupils from a Cumbernauld school have helped a pioneering fire safety programme has reached a significant milestone.

School summer holidays kick off across Scotland on Monday 1 July, stretching for seven weeks.

Outlander star Sam Heughan is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Stirling in recognition of his acting and charitable work.

It is a wonderful thing to be reminded of the power to deliver positive change when we all come together. That’s the ­overriding impression as we draw a close on this year’s national Spring Clean – the voluntary clean-up ­activity over April and May ­co-ordinated by Keep Scotland Beautiful, your charity for the ­environment.

Primary 7 pupils from across the area are about to take the step up to the big school after the summer holidays.

One of the greatest complaints about our young people in Scotland today is that they lack ‘resilience’. The evidence abounds, older folks moan, in their high levels of depression and other mental illness; in their feckless dependence on social media and in their inability to do anything for themselves.

Health projects under way in Malawi restore your faith in humanity, writes Susan Dalgety.

A group of young women, looking at a future career in the construction industry, took a tour of a new North Lanarkshire Council housing site in Abronhill.

Primary pupils have learned skills while publish their school newspaper which will give them a head start in the world of work.

Fruit juice and smoothies are to be banned to cut children’s sugar intake and processed meat restricted to 100g a day under sweeping plans to transform Scotland’s school meal provision.

Gabor Maté knew childhood trauma from a young age. Born into a Jewish family in occupied Hungary at the end of the Second World War, his maternal grandparents were killed at Auschwitz, his father made to endure forced labour by the Nazis.

An independent review into health and safety concerns at a school where four current and former teachers were diagnosed with cancer has been announced by the Scottish Government.

A former childcare resident in Scotland has told how he believed himself to be in a relationship with a teacher who sexually abused him.

Young singers from Denny Primary are celebrating after beating 175 other schools cross the country to be crowned Scottish Primary School Glee Challenge champions.

Life can be tough for young people but for some it is very tough indeed – for those with parents out of work or just getting by, for young people who have recently lost a parent, for young ­carers and those struggling with their emotional well-being, for young people in foster or kinship care. For some young people, life is complex, the future uncertain, and it is easy to see how they could benefit from support and a break from their daily challenges.