Education

Pupils rehearsing Castle Rock by renowned composer David Horne

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New affordable scheme could help with the cost-of-living crisis

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The SSTA teaching union has issued a warning over the return of Scottish assessments. Picture: David Jones/PA Wire

Teaching union' ready to boycott' Scottish assessments

Children can learn a lot from story-writing workshops, like this one at Borders Book Festival

A revolutionary literacy project is helping children become published authors

Hundreds of teachers are off with stress-related illnesses and there is a shortage of people applying to teacher training (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Scotland's schools must be able to exclude any child – Cameron Wyllie

Railway freight is important for food transport.

Scottish university partners with Ukrainian academics for rail project

Sign from the University of Edinburgh sign. College principals are urging the Scottish Government to save 80 counselling jobs that are at risk of a possible redundancy. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

College leaders urge Scottish Government to save 80 counselling jobs from axe

The show BullyBully will be part of this year's Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. Picture: Kamerich & Budwilowitz

Children's festival tackles 'childish' world leaders, climate change and gender

Fairview International School Bridge of Allan will soon become the first school in Scotland offering uninterrupted IB for students aged 5-18

Ad Feature Scottish first as international school isset to offer uninterrupted IB

Union NASUWT says its dispute with employers and Scottish Government ministers will continue

Teachers' union to continue action despite most members accepting new pay deal

Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the Tramway in Glasgow

Scottish teaching union ‘hopeful’ of new pay offer imminently

The interior basement level of the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Glasgow School of Art back to drawing board over Mackintosh Building architect

St Andrews is described as a "unique and captivating" place and the stunning university campus is no exception. Founded in 1413, this is Scotland's first ever university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world.

14 Scottish Universities ranked best to worst in new list, this Uni took 1st

The Scottish Actor who boasted impressive roles from James Bond to Robin Hood, was born in the Fountainbridge area in 1930. Back then, he attended Tollcross Primary School but decided to leave education early at 13 to become a milkman. Unlikely origins for the man who would become one of Scotland’s most famous stars. He passed away in 2020, but his legacy lives on in the hearts of many.

10 Famous Edinburgh Students: Celebrities who studied at Edinburgh schools

Talks between the Scottish Government and the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union have made “progress”.

Teacher strike talks making progress, says Education Secretary

Push careers forward or simply help staff to feel more confident with free training for business

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Sistema Scotland's 'Big Noise' project in Torry, Aberdeen, has been stripped of its funding from the city council.

'Heartbreaking betrayal’ for children's charity after second council funding cut

Teachers picket outside Glendale Primary school on March 01, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. Teachers belonging to the Educational Institute of Scotland Union (EIS) are undertaking two days of strike action in an ongoing dispute over pay. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Teaching union warns of potential for more strikes across Scotland

Scottish National Party leadership candidate Humza Yousaf at the launch of his early years childcare strategy, at Dr Bell's Family Centre in Leith.

SNP 'foolish' to ditch 'progressive agenda' due to 'dizzying' success: Yousaf

CodeClan chief executive Loral Quinn: 'We have an ongoing commitment to getting diverse talent into the ecosystem faster.' Picture: Erika Stevenson

Nine in ten CodeClan students could not afford a place without industry support

Health secretary and leadership contender Humza Yousaf. Picture: John Devlin

Yousaf pledges more free childcare for one and two-year-olds if he wins SNP race

Teachers across Scotland are back on the picket lines this week. Picture: Michael Gillen

Children miss two days of school as teacher strikes restart

Andrew Melville Hall, St Andrews University

Landmark halls of residence in St Andrews set for major overhaul

Shirley-Anne Somerville is Scotland's education secretary. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish Government pledges fair hearing for event organisers on alcohol curbs

The new National Robotarium building sits on the Heriot-Watt University campus site.

Heriot-Watt seeks partner to create hub that could generate 10,000 jobs

The music charity Sistema Scotland has been working in Dundee since 2017.

Charity 'heartbroken' as funding plug is pulled on music education project

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

Teachers in Scotland begin targeted strikes in key constituencies

Image: St George's School

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Vision of the future: St George’s School pupils in Edinburgh are given the freedom “to be the kind of student they want to be”. Image: St George's School

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The study warned that Curriculum for Excellence had created a 'culture of performativity' in schools. Picture: David Jones/PA Wire

Damning report into Scottish curriculum criticises 'culture of performativity'

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

Glasgow City Council has said the axe will not fall on teachers in its budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Glasgow City Council will not axe teacher numbers, but council tax to rise 5%

Whisky and vodka will be made at the new art gallery dstillery complex at Jupiter Artland.

Jupiter Artland to create ‘art gallery distillery' centre under expansion vision

Nicola Sturgeon's first key note speech as SNP party leader at the party's annual conference on November 15, 2014 in Perth, Scotland.

Nicola Sturgeon's policy legacy - how does she rate in key areas?

Couldoran House, in the heart of the west Highlands, will soon be home to the new Scottish Rainforest Centre - a hub dedicated to the protection and restoration of Scotland’s rare and threatened Atlantic woodlands. Picture: Caz Austin/WTML

New Highland hub to help save Scotland’s rainforests

The EIS teaching union has rejected the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government and council leaders.

EIS rejects latest pay offer amid teacher strikes

The TRNSMT festival is staged on Glasgow Green.

Alcohol curbs on events have caused understandable dismay – Brian Ferguson

South Lanarkshire EIS members hold a rally outside council headquarters

Scottish Government new pay offer to teaching unions with £156m of extra funding

Stephanie Maia and her daughter Valentina experimen with dry ice at Summerhall, one of the venues in this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh Science Festival reveals line-up for 2023 event

The Gilbert Scott Building seen from the James McCune Smith Learning Hub. Picture: Photographic unit, University of Glasgow

£1.8m funding will help Glasgow Uni secure cutting-edge scientific instrument

Teachers across Scotland have been taking part in industrial action.

New pay offer to be put to teachers within days, says Scottish Government

Carved in Stone, a table top role playing game, will bring the Pictish period to life following a collaboration between archaeologists and games designers. It comes as HES acknowledges more needs to be done to engage young people in Scotland's heritage. PIC: Contributed.

Scotland's heritage risk being just a thing of the past for Generation Z

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla had accused the nursery in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, of discrimination

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf’s wife ‘terminates legal action against nursery'

Campaigners hang notes that read "Right for education is a basic human right", in different languages outside Berlin's education administration building to demand access to local schools for refugees. According to Fluechtlingsrat-Berlin, an organisation that campaigns for refugee rights, at least 1,500 refugee children and youth are still waiting to be allotted a spot in a local school, despite promises from city officials and German law that requires refugees to be given education.

Why everything everywhere else is not always better than Scotland

Read on to discover which Scottish cities these futuristic cityscapes represent.

What an Artificial Intelligence thinks Scotland’s cities will look in a century

Deputy First Minister John Swinney

Any further decline in teacher numbers ‘wholly unacceptable’, John Swinney says

There are five assaults a day on teachers in Falkirk schools, according to new figures. Picture posed by models.

Surge in assaults on staff in schools

A classroom of children. Picture: Gorodenkoff Productions OU/Adobe

Teachers' strikes have given me school flashbacks - Gaby Soutar

COSLA has warned the Scottish Government that protecting teacher numbers won't prevent councils from being forces to cull the support they provide to children and young people. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Councils to seek legal advice over Scottish Government’s teacher stance

Scotland's education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville is preparing to intervene to stop local councils cutting teacher numbers.

Scottish government to intervene to stop council teacher cuts

A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on the day it was liberated by Soviet soldiers, January 27, 1945 (Picture: Alexander Vorontsov/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Magic of 'ordinary people' can conquer hate that led to Holocaust

Scotland's councils need to be adequately funded to provide education and all the other vital services they run (Picture: Martin Rickett/PA)

Scottish Government must provide fair funding for councils

Helping apprentices advance in the workplace (photo: Adobe)

Skills For Life – National Apprenticeship Week!

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 30: Protesters take part in a union rally on November 30, 2022 in London, England. Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison joined a rally by the University and College Union (UCU) amid strike action by staff at educational institutions across the UK. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

UCU confirm strike dates for February and March - 70,000 to walk out

People gather at the Mound in central Edinburgh to highlight the need for a fair pay deal for Scotland's teachers, as teachers continue to take strike action in a dispute over pay. Picture date: Wednesday January 25, 2023.

11 pictures as Scottish teachers take strike action

The Nevis Ensemble, which has announced its closure after five years, performed regularly in schools around Scotland. Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Scottish street orchestra to close over 'severe funding challenges'

Teachers in both South Ayrshire and Edinburgh are taking strike action on Wednesday – as the 16-day programme of strike action being staged by the union reaches its halfway point.

Scottish teachers at halfway point in rolling programme of strikes

The Nevis Ensemble has staged hundreds of performances since the company was formed five years ago (Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan)

As Scotland's cultural crisis claims another victim, the future looks bleak

Most younger children in Midlothian would no longer have access to any musical instrument tuition under the proposals put forward by the council.

Musical instrument lessons for most children to be axed in Scottish council area

More than 300,000 staff days have been lost to mental health in Scotland's schools and nurseries, new figures show. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

More than 300k staff days lost in schools to mental health

Edinburgh College said a 'proposed curriculum reshaping' consultation is underway.

Lecturers' 'no confidence' in college principal over plan to cut courses

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Police and security staff escort a protester from the public gallery during First Minister's Questions. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Holyrood bosses announce crackdown after protesters disrupt FMQs