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The prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh, which gets more money from the Ministry of Defence to educate the children of Armed Forces personnel than other Scottish independent schools. Image: Danny Lawson/PA

Defence chiefs ask taxpayers to foot 'scandalous' £1.2m bill

Alistair Jack and Ross Greer are in the midst of a fierce row.

Furious DRS row erupts as minister accused of 'categorically untrue' statements

Political parties in Scotland have said that recent increases in minimum wage will not lift Scots out of poverty.

Real Living Wage Scotland: What is the UK National Minimum Wage now?

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appointed Green Party MSPs Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as Scottish Government ministers following the Bute House agreement.

SNP MSP calls for end to power deal with 'wine bar pseudo-intellectual' Greens

Artist's impression of part of the planned Lomond Banks development
Pic: Lomond Banks

'Record' 65,000 objections against Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort plan

Scotland’s biggest teaching union has accepted the latest pay offer from local authority employers, halting strike action.

EIS union backs pay deal to end teacher strikes

PABest Students (from left) Sophie Thwaites, Aaliyah McLaine, Michael Stewart, Aaron Boyack and Claire McNab at Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes, Fife, check their results as high school pupils across Scotland find out their exam results. Picture date: Tuesday August 9, 2022.

Landmark Scottish education review calls for 'significant reduction' in exams

EIS members are continuing their schedule of strike action after rejecting the latest pay offer.

Teachers in Scotland begin targeted strikes in key constituencies

Scottish teachers in dispute over pay with the Government will win, the president of the country’s biggest teaching union has said.

Teachers will win dispute with Scottish Government, union official claims

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley, joins members of the EIS and SSTA unions, on the picket line at St Andrew's and St Brides High School in South Lanarkshire. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Pupils in key seats like Sturgeon's constituency face six extra strike days

Scottish Green party's Ross Greer may remain forever young, concerned more about youthful causes than real-life problems (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP's plan to allow 16-year-olds to become MSPs is just childish – Susan Dalgety

The lack of council tax reform over 16 years of SNP government is not an SNP failure, the public finance minister has said.

Lack of council tax reform not an SNP failure, minister says

Elaine Miller, a comedian and physiotherapist pictured with a 19ft inflatable model of a vagina, is being investigated for revealing her merkin in the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Sandy Young/PA)

We need to work towards a consensus in the gender debate – Susan Dalgety

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Sturgeon says reports of secret Chinese base being taken extremely seriously

John Dickie, director of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, said the Scottish Government "should continue to do the right thing and prioritise tackling child poverty".

Nicola Sturgeon urged to use funding from UK tax cuts to tackle child poverty

More than 20,000 objections have been received to the Flamingo Land proposals. Picture: John Devlin

More than 20,000 objections lodged over Flamingo Land’s Loch Lomond plans

The Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at Faslane. Picture: James Glossop/pool/AFP via Getty Images

Majority of Scots want to retain nuclear weapons, new poll finds

Picture: Jayne Wright.

Calls for all Russian holdings in MSP pension fund to be divested

Green MSP Ross Greer

Scots should be taught how to spot fake news before Indyref2, says Green MSP

SNP MSP Ross Greer branded the plans a "corporate giveaway"

Greens split with SNP over plans for two ‘green freeports’

The Scottish Government has decided it will 'boycott' the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year.

Scottish Government to 'boycott' winter Olympics in China

The Scottish Government has pledged to close the attainment gap.

School attainment gap funding to be expanded to all 32 local authorities

Chief executive of the SQA, Fiona Robertson, is facing more calls to step down from her role.

SQA 'failure' on human rights duties leads to resignation demands

The 2021 exams saw A grades go up more for private school pupils than state school pupils.

Private pupils given easier ride than state school pupils during 2021 exams

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will release exam results at 9.30am on Tuesday, with pupils being notified throughout the day of their individual achievement (Photo: Phil Wilkinson).

Exam results to be released in Scotland

The JCVI are being written to around vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17. Picture: David Cheskin/PA Wire

Chief Medical Officer will urge JCVI to consider vaccines for all teenagers

Pupils missed a third of learning time during the pandemic

Pupils missed a third of learning time in pandemic - but grades still moderated

Climate change protestors outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture: Press Association

SQA accused of teaching benefits of climate change

Standardised testing could be abolished in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Standardised tests for primary pupils could be abolished

The BBC is reportedly looking at transferring studios based in Glasgow to a London-based subsidiary.

Nicola Sturgeon says controversial BBC move 'not in interests of Scotland'

Pupils are sitting alternative assessments this year.

Alternative assessments ‘not fundamentally different’ to last year’s exams model

High school pupils have this year sat alternative assessments.

Scottish schools withdrawing pupils accused of ‘massaging results’

Andrew Bowie, right, with former Prime Minister Theresa May.

Senior Tory MP backed paper calling for UK intervention in Scottish classrooms

Holyrood is bracing for a showdown on Thursday after a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) was tabled by Green Party education spokesperson, Ross Greer.

MSPs brace for Holyrood showdown over vote of no confidence in SQA

A teenager taking a exam. Picture: David Davies/PA Wire

Young people forced to take 'perverse gamble' on grades over appeals process

Conservatives have warned the North East energy sector is at risk from a SNP/Green cooperation agreement.

North Sea oil and gas 'won't be affected' by SNP/Green deal

The Scottish Greens have criticised the SQA for failing to publish details on the appeals process for 2021 exams

SQA 'misses deadline' to confirm appeals process for exams in 2021

New Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville needs to make sure replacement assessment system, whether it involves exams or not, works effectively (Picture: John Devlin)

School pupils must not face repeat exams fiasco – Scotsman comment

The Scottish Greens are pledging to scrap homework for primary school pupils. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Scottish Greens pledge to scrap homework for primary school pupils

The Scottish Greens propose suspending the interest on student loans for women on maternity leave.

Call to stop student loan discrimination against mothers

The Scotsman is holding its third election hustings in the West Scotland regional list area

RECAP: Watch The Scotsman's third Scottish election virtual hustings here

School children in Scotland should enter formal education at the age of seven, say the Scottish Greens

Children should start school at seven years old, propose Scottish Greens

John Swinney has come under pressure to sack the board of the SQA

John Swinney should sack exams body board, demand Greens

Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that she did not want to "raise parents' expectations.

Scottish schools closed until mid-February

Three quarters of Scots believe the decision to close schools due to Covid-19 was the right one.

Overwhelming majority of Scots back school closures, says poll

Living Rent demonstration

Living Rent call on Scottish Government to extend eviction relief period

Ross Greer asked about an extension on the ban on evictions.

Coronavirus: Scottish eviction ban set to be extended

The prospect of Scotland rejoining Erasmus despite Brexit is "doubtful", warn academics

Scotland rejoining Erasmus despite Brexit 'doubtful' and 'unlikely' warn experts

Edinburgh University will no longer host Erasmus students

Scots leaders brand end of Erasmus 'cultural vandalism'

John Swinney was criticised for several aspects of the Scottish Government's handling of education

John Swinney warned not to 'let history repeat itself' over exams cancellation

Winston Churchill during an election visit to Glasgow in 1951. (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Churchill's ties to Scotland falling 'out of public knowledge'

The return of students to universities in January is concerning some MSPs.

Uncertainty over student return to campuses in January 'completely unacceptable'

Schools have been back since August

Fear Covid spreading faster than claimed in schools as teachers 'mark down' self...

John Swinney is being urged to axe Scots exams "in full."

Fresh calls to axe Scottish exams 'in full' next summer

The SQA have been accused of covering up the exam results fiasco.

SQA and Scottish Government accused of 'cover-up' over exam results fiasco

Even in normal times, exams tend to involve more social distancing that in classrooms (Picture: David Jones/PA Wire)

Do National 5 exams really matter? – Cameron Wyllie

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The United Nations says both the Scottish and UK governments need to improve children's human rights. Image: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images.

UN says Scottish, UK governments need to improve children's human rights

The damage done by a wild fire at Tentsmuir (Pic: Forestry and Land Scotland)

Ranger assaulted for asking someone to put out campfire

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater's private Rum ferry cost taxpayers £1,200