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Education secretary to address MSPs on school return
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Jun 22, 2020
Scottish students face an end to free university education
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Jun 14, 2020
Coronavirus in Scotland: pupils’ return to be staggered when schools reopen
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May 22, 2020
Rise in cost of financial assistance to students in Scotland
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Oct 30, 2018
Headteachers to be given 'right to refuse' teachers from other schools
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Oct 26, 2017
Analysis: Impact on female students still unknown despite welcome policy shift
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Oct 25, 2017
New rector of St Andrews University vows to bring 'social change' to institution
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Oct 18, 2017
Glasgow council tell schools to pay janitors using pupil poverty cash
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Oct 17, 2017
Gaelic study sees decline in its heartland of the Outer Hebrides
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Oct 12, 2017
Teachers' high workload is 'iceberg' of education system, union warns
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Oct 10, 2017
Parents fighting rural primary school closures thrown a lifeline
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Oct 10, 2017
University says ‘arrivederci’ to joint honours degrees in Italian
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Oct 9, 2017
Tough new targets for schools to get more disadvantaged pupils to pass Highers
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Oct 5, 2017
Fast-track teacher training pilot targets minimum of just 20 new recruits
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Oct 5, 2017
Universities must act as use of drugs to deal with stress grows, says academic
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Oct 4, 2017
Teachers warn of lack of training for named person scheme
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Oct 4, 2017
Controversial fast-track teacher training course put out to tender
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Oct 3, 2017
Number of children with anxiety about gender identity quadruples in four years
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Oct 2, 2017
Growing numbers of young children face being “parked” on readily available drugs
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Oct 2, 2017
Scottish Government to consider impact of Theresa May's student loans policy
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Oct 1, 2017
"Incredible" mentor scheme to cover all Glasgow secondaries
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Sep 28, 2017
The £20 billion benefit to Scotland’s economy from the college sector
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Sep 27, 2017
Teachers threaten councils with boycott over "blanket" testing plans
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Sep 22, 2017
John Swinney rules out national collection of detailed pupil test data
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Sep 22, 2017
‘Superteacher’ scheme to help solve school recruitment crisis
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Sep 21, 2017
Pensioner starts university degree – at age of 87
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Sep 20, 2017
John Swinney vows to press on with controversial curriculum reforms
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Sep 20, 2017
Teenage student entry rate hits record high
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Sep 18, 2017
Glasgow colleges board backs down over "outrageous" 17 per cent pay hike for executive
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Sep 18, 2017
Teacher warns Sturgeon: We are utterly failing children in school
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Sep 18, 2017
John Swinney urged to make statement on 'outrageous' pay hike for college boss
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Sep 15, 2017
Analysis: ‘Excessive’ pay rise invites scrutiny of the purpose of colleges board
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Sep 15, 2017
Anger at ‘outrageous’ 17 per cent pay hike for Scottish college chief
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Sep 14, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon: Ruth Davidson has 'lost the plot' with teacher shortage claims
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Sep 14, 2017
Exam chiefs to review ban on Scottish pupils seeing their marked papers
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Sep 14, 2017
College bosses warn over affordability of £117m pay harmonisation
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Sep 14, 2017
Maths prodigy, 13, graduates with first class degree
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Sep 12, 2017
Anger as salaries of Scottish teachers fall behind international colleagues
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Sep 12, 2017
Salary of Glasgow colleges chief hits £98,000 after 20 per cent pay rise
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Sep 12, 2017
Catholic teachers urged to go to confession
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Sep 12, 2017
Pupils ordered to bed at 9.30pm under school's strict new rules
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Sep 11, 2017
Parents 'will be asked to educate children on dangers of knives'
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Sep 7, 2017
More than 40 per cent of Scottish teachers "want to leave profession"
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Sep 7, 2017
Pupils 'marking time' in first three years of secondary
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Sep 7, 2017
Teachers call for new exam to help ‘motivate’ National 4 pupils
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Sep 7, 2017
Many new pupils not school ready, headteachers say
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Sep 6, 2017
Five Scottish universities ranked in the world's top 200
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Sep 5, 2017
Inspection of secondary schools at lowest level for a decade
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Sep 5, 2017
Pupils 'disadvantaged' over delay to National 4 reforms
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Sep 4, 2017
Schools ‘narrowing’ subject choices too soon
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Sep 4, 2017
Computing skills ‘should be taught to five-year-olds’
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Sep 1, 2017
Schools challenged to improve grades for poorest pupils wanting to go to university
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Aug 31, 2017
John Swinney: Almost 700 teaching vacancies in Scotland 'an unwelcome figure'
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Aug 30, 2017
Mental health fears over lack of counsellors in schools
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Aug 29, 2017
Revealed: Scottish universities "appalling" record on gender equality amongst academics
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Aug 25, 2017
Analysis: Women academics "keeping their heads above water"
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Aug 25, 2017
Private schools attack moves to make them pay £5m in business rates
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Aug 23, 2017
Private nurseries welcome moves to axe business rates
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Aug 23, 2017
Private schools and universities 'should be liable for business rates'
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Aug 22, 2017
New guide for student teachers on pupils with learning difficulties
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Aug 22, 2017
'Pupils struggle because their understanding of the world is different’
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Aug 22, 2017
Reading challenge expanded to secondary school pupils
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Aug 21, 2017
Face to Face: education director Tony McDaid
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Aug 21, 2017
Revealed: The rising cost of a Scottish private school education
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Aug 21, 2017
SNP councils consider alternatives to controversial schools policy
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Aug 18, 2017
Scottish university seeks to axe staff in warning over 'difficult financial climate'
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Aug 17, 2017
World first as joint £17m Catholic and Jewish school opens to pupils
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Aug 17, 2017
Scottish university to launch severance scheme for all staff
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Aug 17, 2017
Scottish school teacher vacancies approach 700 as new term starts
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Aug 16, 2017
Schools hit by hundreds of unfilled teaching posts as new term starts
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Aug 15, 2017
Scotland’s schools quango a “damaged brand” say teaching unions
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Aug 15, 2017
Exam body launches investigation into top state school
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Aug 14, 2017
Teach First calls on government to delay fast-track teaching course
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Aug 12, 2017
Student teachers in class after five weeks of training
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Aug 11, 2017
Analysis: Teach First plan for Scotland a fast-track to conflict in its current form
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Aug 11, 2017
Second school sees entire class fail media studies
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Aug 10, 2017
University graduates 'earning average of £27,500'
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Aug 10, 2017
John Swinney urges caution over reform of National 4
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Aug 10, 2017
'Disappointing' decline in pupils sitting Gaelic qualifications
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Aug 10, 2017
Entire class fails Higher media course for second year
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Aug 9, 2017
Languages under pressure as pupils shun German and French
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Aug 9, 2017
Higher Education: Record rise of deprived students
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Aug 9, 2017
Pupils toast their results as achievements stay stable
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Aug 9, 2017
Hard work pays off and delights thousands of students as the result of all their graft comes to fruition
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Aug 9, 2017
Row over future of National 4 looms despite results day relief for pupils, ministers and exam officials
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Aug 9, 2017
Teachers' leader calls for scrapping of controversial qualification
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Aug 9, 2017
Scotland’s most sought-after job industries revealed as exam results day comes and goes
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Aug 8, 2017
Dundee rises to new University Challenge
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Aug 7, 2017
Builders levy to ease schools crisis
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Aug 5, 2017
Scotland’s children’s tsar calls for boost to teacher numbers
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Aug 5, 2017
Scottish education research funding slashed
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Aug 5, 2017
More teachers can provide better support for young, says Children's Commissioner
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Aug 4, 2017
Future of Gaelic lies with non-speakers, study finds
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Aug 4, 2017
Political pressure surrounding new pupil tests “risks” their successful roll-out
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Aug 1, 2017
Teach First set to bid for new Scottish fast-track course
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Aug 1, 2017
Edinburgh University enters clearing for first time to help disadvantaged students
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Aug 1, 2017
Leadership crisis as 200 headteachers run more than one school
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Jul 29, 2017
Male students continuing to snub female-dominated courses
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Jul 18, 2017
Greening announces extra £1.3bn funding for core schools budget
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Jul 17, 2017
Only two Scottish Tory MPs privately educated as party claims it is open to all
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Jul 17, 2017
Scholars want data from tests on five-year-olds
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Jul 17, 2017
Pupils' hungriness in holidays big human rights issue, says children's commissioner
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Jul 16, 2017
Teacher recruitment crisis could force schools to use nursery staff
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Jul 14, 2017
Teachers shortage council may have to move staff into primary classes
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Jul 13, 2017
Report finds mentors have remarkable effect for disadvantaged pupils
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Jul 13, 2017
Neighbouring schools offering ‘vastly different’ exam choices
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Jul 13, 2017
Headteachers 'shun' parents over £120m pupil fund
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Jul 13, 2017
Record numbers of English students targeting Scottish universities
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Jul 13, 2017
Catholic Church backs single sex school challenge
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Jul 12, 2017
‘Breakneck’ one year teaching degree comes under fire
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Jul 12, 2017
Fast-track teaching courses a new battleground in Scottish education
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Jul 12, 2017
Head of teacher union turns fire on Catholic schools
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Jul 9, 2017
From Trotskyist revolutionary to Scotland's most influential teacher ... meet Larry Flanagan
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Jul 9, 2017
Portraits of shame: the abusive heads that ran Edinburgh’s private schools
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Jul 9, 2017
Scrap the tuition fees causing ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ debts, Adonis says
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Jul 8, 2017
More graduates than ever find work or continue education
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Jul 6, 2017
John Swinney accused of "farcical" approach over policy on closing the attainment gap
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Jul 2, 2017
Union chief warns of school ‘dodgy practices’
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Jul 1, 2017
Councils warned over dangers to pupils and teachers of over-testing
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Jun 30, 2017
‘Data monster’ warning over new standardised school testing plan
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Jun 30, 2017
Schools spending down by £1.2 billion in seven years, Labour claims
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Jun 29, 2017
Glasgow University leads erosion of middle class monopoly on professions
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Jun 29, 2017
Analysis: 'Dumbing down' myths scotched by university scheme to widen access to medicine
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Jun 29, 2017
Councils fight back over SNP school shake-up
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Jun 28, 2017
Car mechanics "spend longer being trained" than some teachers
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Jun 27, 2017
Probe after pupils shout 'Allahu Akbar…Boom' in Scottish classroom days after Manchester bombing
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Jun 25, 2017
Sailing and canoeing lessons? New plans to close education attainment gap under scrutiny
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Jun 25, 2017
Minister hits back at ‘exaggerated abuse’ from school reform critics
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Jun 24, 2017
Kezia Dugdale: Further education drop-out numbers have doubled since 2011/12
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Jun 22, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon criticised by parents from Muslim primary
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Jun 22, 2017
Disadvantaged students face a "jungle" when applying to university
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Jun 21, 2017
Plans to shift funding from councils to new regional schools bodies
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Jun 17, 2017
Apology after school plan rejected by “anonymous” bureaucrat
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Jun 17, 2017
School powers shake-up will not damage democracy, says Swinney
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Jun 17, 2017
Survey finds Muslim pupils called “terrorists” and “ISIS” at Scottish schools
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Jun 16, 2017
Sweeping new powers for headteachers in bid to close attainment gap
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Jun 15, 2017
Scottish schools facing further round of government reforms
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Jun 14, 2017
Scottish university's controversial New York campus plan secures provisional licence
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Jun 13, 2017
Teacher workload said to be worse since John Swinney’s pledge to staff
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Jun 13, 2017
Scottish teachers urged to strike over pay
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Jun 9, 2017
Headteachers ‘anxious’ over £120m fund to tackle educational inequality
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Jun 8, 2017
Edinburgh University loses 96 EU staff in past year, study finds
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Jun 5, 2017
Fears as university monopoly on teacher training is broken
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Jun 3, 2017
Teaching union in warning shot to college principals over strike action
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Jun 2, 2017
Pupils 'increasingly playing social media tricks to humiliate teachers'
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Jun 2, 2017
Review of schools to look at scrapping of principal teacher posts
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Jun 2, 2017
Finalists announced for the third annual Herald Higher Education Awards
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Jun 2, 2017
University mistakenly tells students they would not graduate
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Jun 1, 2017
John Swinney concedes teacher training cuts ‘went too far’
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Jun 1, 2017
Political pressure mounts on Ancient universities to recruit more disadvantaged students
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May 31, 2017
Scotland: teachers call for ban on blanket introduction of controversial new exams
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May 30, 2017
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May 29, 2017
Forget exams: pupils put their brains to work by building a robot
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May 29, 2017
Andrew Denholm: Uncertainty persists behind ‘delight’ of college pay deal
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May 26, 2017
Working parents ‘should get time off’ to help their school
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May 24, 2017
Secondary schoolwork 'confuses' parents
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May 23, 2017
University leaders hit back over teacher training claims
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May 22, 2017
Aberdeen University to launch investigation after report uncovers clinical trial failures
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May 21, 2017
New campaign to get Scottish children walking to school as obesity levels soar
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May 21, 2017
Middle class pupils ‘benefit’ from home assessments warn teachers
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May 20, 2017
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May 19, 2017
First Minister criticised over 'teacher recruitment crisis'
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May 18, 2017
Report identifies 'wide disparity' over time student teachers spend on basic skills
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May 18, 2017
Rosemary sales jump after research shows memory boost in students
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May 17, 2017
Scottish teaching degrees scrutinised over standards of literacy and numeracy
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May 17, 2017
College strike escalates as unions refuse John Swinney's plea to suspend action
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May 17, 2017
Scottish exam chiefs withdraw paper after finding mistake
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May 16, 2017
Scottish Government planning more "hands-on" role in bitter college dispute
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May 16, 2017
Pioneering scheme seeks to close the poverty-related vocabulary gap in primary school
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May 15, 2017
Maths in the woods, Shakespeare in the park: New campaign to take the classroom outdoors
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May 14, 2017
Ministers urged to step in over college strikes
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May 11, 2017
Schools in the eye of a political storm as results falter
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May 11, 2017
Teachers call for an immediate freeze on new school reforms
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May 11, 2017
Trainee primary teachers 'lack' basic literacy and numeracy skills
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May 10, 2017
John Swinney calls for lessons to be learned from bad experiences of trainee teachers
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May 10, 2017
Fewer than half of pupils in S2 performing well in writing
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May 9, 2017
School staff from headteachers to trainees warn over 'gruelling' classroom experiences
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May 9, 2017
MSPs to hear views of teachers in education workforce inquiry
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May 8, 2017
Exploited on zero hours? You're a success, says Scottish Government
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May 6, 2017
Graduates of science ‘lack social skills’ for teaching
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May 6, 2017
Andrew Denholm: Research illuminates debate on fair university access after finally seeing the light of day
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May 5, 2017
Pupils' exam results 'seriously risked' by teacher shortages
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May 5, 2017
Call for extra funded places to improve university access
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May 4, 2017
Teachers blocked from immediate access to exam papers amidst social media row
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May 3, 2017
Number of students seeking counselling in Scotland soars over past four years
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Apr 29, 2017
Most Scottish colleges running at a loss sparking fears for future
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Apr 29, 2017
Think tank warns direct pupil funding scheme 'undermined’ by ministers
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Apr 28, 2017
John Swinney urges state and private schools to work together
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Apr 27, 2017
Scotland's oldest university tops league table
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Apr 26, 2017
Colleges and universities urged to enter The Herald's prestigious Higher Education Awards
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Apr 26, 2017
College lecturers to strike after management talks fail to resolve dispute
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Apr 25, 2017
School testing plans 'setting up pupils to fail' warns trade unionist
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Apr 24, 2017
Medicine, dentistry and law courses dominated by women in Scotland
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Apr 24, 2017
Council backs down over pupil fund to help children from poorer backgrounds
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Apr 24, 2017
Tycoon Jim McColl lobbies Swinney over public funding for independent college project
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Apr 23, 2017
Teachers' union to consider boycott of flagship SNP education policy
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Apr 23, 2017
Three Scottish colleges hit serious financial problems
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Apr 22, 2017
Primary teachers set to be cut despite school recruitment crisis
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Apr 22, 2017
University course to fast-track maths and science teachers
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Apr 22, 2017
Plans for mandatory headship qualifications "exacerbate" school leadership crisis
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Apr 21, 2017
Questions on PFI school deals must be answered, MSPs told
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Apr 20, 2017
Specialist negotiators drafted in as college pay row intensifies
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Apr 20, 2017
Teachers: cut our workload so we can help more pupils
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Apr 17, 2017
Scottish Government failing to support teachers, union complains
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Apr 17, 2017
Thousands of pupils failing key Scottish school exam
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Apr 14, 2017
Glasgow college chief could see 50 per cent pay hike
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Apr 13, 2017
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Apr 11, 2017
City college fights to keep £3m
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Apr 11, 2017
Parents wants boys admitted to girls’ school
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Apr 8, 2017
University freedoms are at risk, say critics
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Apr 8, 2017
Primary school pupils taught critical thinking and research skills
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Apr 6, 2017
Dundee and Stirling named amongst best universities in the world under 50 years old
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Apr 5, 2017
Think tanks says Catholic state schools 'no better' than non-denominational sector
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Apr 3, 2017
Segregated schools will not close attainment gap, study shows
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Apr 3, 2017
Labour accuse SNP of depriving schools of £1billion
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Apr 1, 2017
U-turn after fears exam changes could leave pupils with no qualifications
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Apr 1, 2017
Universities in Scotland being turned into 'retail outlets’
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Apr 1, 2017
Just eight per cent of Scottish students at Ancient universities are from deprived areas
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Mar 30, 2017
Scottish university calls for clarity after Holyrood's second independence referendum decision
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Mar 30, 2017
The Herald launches its prestigious annual higher education awards
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Mar 30, 2017
Call to split up Scotland's over-arching schools quango
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Mar 30, 2017
University lecturers ‘judged’ by student questionnaires
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Mar 29, 2017
Schools quango chief to step down
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Mar 28, 2017
Inspectors: Teacher and headteacher shortages 'damaging' pupils' education
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Mar 28, 2017
MSPs debate whether inclusion policy is failing pupils
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Mar 28, 2017
Academic warns middle-class special needs children are getting more support
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Mar 27, 2017
Exams board faces questions over whether teacher payments meets living wage level
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Mar 26, 2017
Teachers facing online abuse from parents on social media
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Mar 25, 2017
Free tuition at Scottish universities for students from the European Union next year
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Mar 25, 2017
Free tuition guarantee for EU students in Scotland extended until 2018-19
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Mar 24, 2017
John Swinney urges reform after council hit by ‘worst’ report into running of education
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Mar 24, 2017
Status quo 'not an option' for review of education, says John Swinney
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Mar 23, 2017
Nursery concerns to be addressed
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Mar 23, 2017
Scottish schools to be warned over new danger of pupils leaving with no qualifications
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Mar 21, 2017
Maths teachers left 'demoralised' by exam changes that make it harder for pupils to pass
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Mar 18, 2017
Schools inspectorate under fire after sending staff on 79 foreign trips
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Mar 16, 2017
Charities ‘vital’ to close school attainment gap
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Mar 15, 2017
Teachers ‘ill-prepared’ for primary language strategy
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Mar 14, 2017
Threat to council over £9m flagship pupil fund
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Mar 14, 2017
Ministers threatening to withhold nearly £9m for disadvantaged pupils in row with council
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Mar 14, 2017
Why Strathclyde Business School is a firm favourite of enterpreneurs
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Mar 13, 2017
Parents 'stuck' in disputes over cross-border nursery funding
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Mar 13, 2017
Scotland's universities accused of prejudice against vocational education by top government adviser
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Mar 12, 2017
Scottish universities record worst drop-out rates in UK
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Mar 10, 2017
Parents says ‘failte’ to third Gaelic primary school in Glasgow
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Mar 10, 2017
Fall in proportion of students dropping out of university courses
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Mar 9, 2017
West coast schools are top of the class in latest Higher results
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Mar 8, 2017
Parents ‘frustrated’ by fresh delay on future of school
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Mar 7, 2017
Glasgow schools chief: beware of 'snake oil salesmen' in £120m education overhaul
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Mar 5, 2017
World Book Day under fire from parents and teachers as 'just another Hallowe'en rip-off'
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Mar 5, 2017
Edinburgh College trade union chief claims whistleblowers should lose right to anonymity
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Mar 5, 2017
Scottish colleges threaten industrial action
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Mar 4, 2017
Pupils face ‘twice a year’ testing
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Mar 4, 2017
College lecturers back industrial action over lack of progress since pay deal
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Mar 3, 2017
Scotland: private nurseries 'ignored' in trials, campaigners warn
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Mar 3, 2017
Government accused of 'stalling' after Education Bill delayed
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Mar 2, 2017
Scotland’s exam body records rise in cheating with smartphones
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Mar 1, 2017
Not enough support for additional needs, say teachers
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Mar 1, 2017
New ‘superhead’ role for Glasgow secondary schools
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Mar 1, 2017
Delay to Education Bill after raft of concerns from councils and parents
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Feb 28, 2017
Expert calls for more time for reading in schools to combat "smartphone" generation
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Feb 28, 2017
Principal of Glasgow college to retire with pay-off
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Feb 28, 2017
Revealed: University of St Andrews campus plans to create 500 new jobs
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Feb 27, 2017
Poll reveals support for school lessons about pornography and sexting
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Feb 27, 2017
Recruitment targets missed for English and maths teachers
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Feb 25, 2017
Parents want last single sex state school to admit boys
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Feb 24, 2017
Parents want Scotland's last single sex state school to admit boys
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Feb 24, 2017
Expert: Focus on national school tests "could damage reading"
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Feb 23, 2017
Scottish university principal comes under fire for accepting £15,000 bonus
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Feb 23, 2017
First meeting of SNP expert school panel cost £36,000
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Feb 22, 2017
Community progresses its new build school
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Feb 21, 2017
Scottish universities hit by controversial rates increase
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Feb 21, 2017
Rural teacher crisis ‘made worse’ by attainment fund
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Feb 18, 2017
School sex education 'should include discussion of pornography' study finds
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Feb 18, 2017
Lecturers face EIS strike ballot in college pay row
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Feb 17, 2017
Scottish Government funding to pay for 371 more teacher training places
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Feb 14, 2017
Leading architect: All public buildings should be inspected following Edinburgh schools scandal
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Feb 14, 2017
Students face disruption as lecturers threaten to strike over pay deal
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Feb 13, 2017
Questions over EIS trade union opposition to teacher fee rise
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Feb 12, 2017
Innovative primary school science hubs set for Scottish roll-out
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Feb 11, 2017
Colleges in line for funding boost for teaching and student support
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Feb 10, 2017
Scottish maths teachers to work across primary and secondary under groundbreaking scheme
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Feb 9, 2017
New report warns Scotland's brightest pupils are being left behind
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Feb 9, 2017
Apple boss Tim Cook to be honoured by University of Glasgow
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Feb 8, 2017
Army Cadet Force units ruled out at Scottish state schools
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Feb 8, 2017
Scottish teachers have ‘lost confidence’ in exam body
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Feb 8, 2017
Top maths and science talent wanted for Scots schools
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Feb 8, 2017
Tackle teacher shortages by promoting role as 'desirable career', says education body
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Feb 7, 2017
Data shows link between deprivation and child development
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Feb 7, 2017
Ex-pupil leaves millions to Edinburgh school
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Feb 7, 2017
‘Deregulation’ warning over plan to recruit new teachers from outside Scotland
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Feb 7, 2017
Universities failing to support disabled academics
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Feb 6, 2017
Almost half of Scotland's universities are in deficit
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Feb 5, 2017
Teaching union gave £53,000 a year job to general secretary's brother
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Feb 5, 2017
Gaelic pupils outperforming their peers in literacy skills
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Feb 4, 2017
Scotland launches global teacher recruitment campaign to tackle shortages
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Feb 4, 2017
Decline in young students from disadvantaged backgrounds at Scottish universities
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Feb 3, 2017
EU students shunning Scottish universities in wake of Brexit
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Feb 3, 2017
Fall in proportion of young university entrants from poorest areas revealed
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Feb 2, 2017
University of Edinburgh names new principal
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Feb 2, 2017
Schools get share of £120m fund to help tackle poverty
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Feb 2, 2017
Teachers raise fresh concerns over changes to Scottish qualifications
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Feb 2, 2017
Glasgow schools given largest share of £120m fund to close attainment gap
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Feb 1, 2017
Call to look at £30,000 bursaries for trainee science teachers
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Feb 1, 2017
University lecturers to receive compensation after unlawful redundancy
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Jan 31, 2017
Extra time in schools for 'poor children' would 'cut inequality’
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Jan 30, 2017
Councils accuse ministers of undermining apprenticeships in row over £25m fund
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Jan 30, 2017
Extra nursery hours ‘must be put on hold’
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Jan 28, 2017
Schools accused of elitism based on sporting prowess
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Jan 27, 2017
Curriculum board review call issued by committee of MSPs
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Jan 26, 2017
LGBTI pupils will have safe space in all Catholic high schools, MSPs told
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Jan 26, 2017
Universities ‘let down’ students from college
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Jan 26, 2017
Primary pupils to be given online lessons as teacher recruitment crisis bites
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Jan 26, 2017
College funding cuts 'causing big holes' in effort to widen access to education
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Jan 25, 2017
First Minister launches campaign to welcome international students to Scotland
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Jan 25, 2017
'Learner number' suggested to better track children's education
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Jan 25, 2017
College courses falling short of tough new gender equality targets
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Jan 25, 2017
Ministers criticised over drop in number of full-time college places
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Jan 24, 2017
Anger after leaked report shows Scottish university missed out on funding for new campus
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Jan 24, 2017
Universities to drop grades for disadvantaged students in top courses such as medicine and law
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Jan 24, 2017
Scotland's top universities urged to drop entry rules in key courses for disadvantaged students
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Jan 24, 2017
Scottish universities left short after catalogue of blunders at funding body
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Jan 23, 2017
Internal inquiry highlight errors and confusion at heart of Scottish Funding Council
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Jan 23, 2017
EIS calls for the importance of handwriting in the curriculum to be downgraded to reflect modern life
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Jan 22, 2017
School consultation spotlights detractors and the confused
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Jan 20, 2017
Cuts forcing schools to axe language and science exams
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Jan 19, 2017
£1.5m to boost nursery staff numbers in deprived areas
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Jan 18, 2017
20,000 pages of advice for teachers largely necessary, says education chief
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Jan 18, 2017
Parents left in the dark about education system, MSPs told
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Jan 18, 2017
Must do better: MSPs issue damning report card to SQA
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Jan 17, 2017
Call for urgent improvement at Scotland’s exam body
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Jan 17, 2017
Cash threat to expansion of nursery policy
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Jan 16, 2017
School staff struggling to keep up standards amid cuts, says union
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Jan 16, 2017
Row over £180,000 posts for Glasgow colleges' board
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Jan 16, 2017
Glasgow Caledonian University posts £5m deficit after funding New York campus scheme
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Jan 15, 2017
Increase in students from US and China boosts Scottish universities
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Jan 13, 2017
School languages fear as teacher numbers plummet
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Jan 13, 2017
Willie Rennie calls on Nicola Sturgeon to reverse college funding cuts
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Jan 12, 2017
Call for regulation of pupil support assistants, nursery staff and college lecturers
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Jan 12, 2017
Number of Scottish private school pupils at 30 year low
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Jan 12, 2017
Reforms urged over 'unfair' nursery policy
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Jan 11, 2017
Creationism fears over move to empower Scottish headteachers
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Jan 11, 2017
Parents feel ‘excluded’ by Scottish Government's school consultation
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Scotland
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Jan 10, 2017
Flagship SNP scheme to twin schools to drive up standards is shelved after three years
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Jan 9, 2017
Scottish Funding Council in row over £5m reduction to pot for poorer students
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Jan 8, 2017
Questions raised over ‘Jimmy Four Jobs’ – Scotland’s highest paid university boss
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Jan 8, 2017
Warning over SNP education reforms as vital school business managers axed
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Jan 8, 2017
SNP warned that giving more power to headteachers in Sweden 'led to declining standards'
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Jan 7, 2017
Calls to give schools full powers over the way they are run
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Jan 6, 2017
Number of additional support for learning teachers at lowest level since 2007
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Jan 5, 2017
‘Universities Scotland: no entitlement to university places for the middle classes
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Jan 2, 2017
No entitlement to university places for the middle classes
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Jan 2, 2017
Anger as Scotland's highest paid university chief's pay deal soars to £360,000
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Jan 1, 2017
Scotland: university access drive puts squeeze on the less well-off
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Dec 31, 2016
£600,000 compensation paid to Scottish teachers after wave of assaults and accidents
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Dec 31, 2016
Scottish pupils ‘sitting fewer maths exams’ says Labour
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Dec 29, 2016
Scottish universities hit out over UK plans to limit overseas students
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Dec 28, 2016
Scottish pupils needing extra help missing out because of council cuts
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Dec 28, 2016
Plans to give more power to headteachers 'could harm vulnerable pupils'
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Dec 24, 2016
Teachers ‘hid’ old printer because new council contract left them short
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Dec 23, 2016
Parents issue warning over plans to empower schools
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Dec 23, 2016
School closed for deep clean after 53 staff and pupils hit by vomiting bug
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Dec 22, 2016
John Swinney highlights £2.5 billion university reserves to play down funding crisis fears
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Dec 22, 2016
Swinney highlights £2.5bn university reserves as he rejects funding crisis fears
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Scotland
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Dec 22, 2016
Curriculum for Excellence budget cuts justified, insists John Swinney
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Dec 21, 2016
SNP accused of education pledge 'con' as figures show fall in student support
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Dec 21, 2016
Plan approved to give baptised Catholics priority in queue for top schools
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Scotland
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Dec 21, 2016
'No evidence’ giving power to heads boosts standards
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Dec 21, 2016
Headteachers call for new powers to appoint their own staff
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Dec 19, 2016
Boss of Scotland's 'university with no students' in New York gets $334k pay package
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New York
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Dec 18, 2016
No 'entitlement' to university for middle class pupils with good grades warns fair access tsar
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Dec 17, 2016
Education academic appointed to university fair access post
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Dec 16, 2016
Gossiping parents on social media ‘damaging’ to pupils
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Scotland
AHDS
Dec 16, 2016
Universities warn that financial health of the sector could be at risk
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Dec 16, 2016
Equity pupil fund unveiled to help close attainment gap between rich and poor
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Dec 16, 2016
Teaching union issues call for above-inflation wage rise in 2017
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Dec 15, 2016
Scottish universities targeting fee-paying English students
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Dec 15, 2016
English applicants 'more likely than Scots' to be offered place at Scottish university
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Dec 15, 2016
Concern over nursery policy as pre-school pupils see further decline in access to teachers
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Scotland
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Dec 14, 2016
Pupils from deprived backgrounds 'lag behind' before they even get to school
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Dec 14, 2016
Scotland: Swinney under fire as pupils fail to meet primary goals
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Dec 14, 2016
28% of P7 pupils 'not achieving required levels of literacy and numeracy'
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Scotland
Primary
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Dec 13, 2016
New head teachers will have to pass a test before being appointed
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Dec 12, 2016
Fears school inspection shake-up will give parents less information on educational standards
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Scotland
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Dec 11, 2016
Loophole could disadvantage disabled pupils
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Scotland
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Dec 8, 2016
Damning report leads to call for school science shake-up
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Dec 8, 2016
Minister questions long-term success of Scots university spin-out companies
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Dec 8, 2016
Scottish parents less likely to discuss child’s school progress, says study
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Dec 7, 2016
Teachers warn pupils with learning disability miss out
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Dec 7, 2016
Scottish Government accused of "decade of failure" after damning international school survey
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Dec 7, 2016
Scottish school standards slump in damning international survey
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Dec 6, 2016
Pupils with learning disabilities excluded from classes, sports and school trips, report claims
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Scotland
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Dec 6, 2016
Taking a stand against bullying and indifference
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Scotland
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Dec 6, 2016
Plea for mandatory sex and relationships education to help tackle abuse
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Dec 5, 2016
University of Aberdeen staff to strike in dispute over job losses
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Dec 5, 2016
System used to improve access to universities for poorer students 'flawed'
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Scotland
Dec 5, 2016
Flagship policy to educate pupils with learning disabilities in mainstream schools is 'not working'
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Scotland
Dec 5, 2016
Pro-life students banned at Scottish university
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Scotland
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Dec 5, 2016
Excluded through inclusion: "I want to know Jack is thriving, not just coping"
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Dec 4, 2016
The legal right of Scottish Catholic schools to vet teaching staff for their religious suitability should be reviewed
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Scotland
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Dec 3, 2016
Scottish universities fear reclassification as public bodies which could lose them millions of pounds in additional funding
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Scotland
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Dec 3, 2016
National scriever warns of potential damage telling children Scots language is corrupt
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Scotland
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Dec 2, 2016
Universities 'at tipping point' as SNP's policy of free university tuition comes under pressure
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Scotland
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Dec 2, 2016
Government accused of presiding over 'endemic failures in Scottish education'
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Scotland
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Dec 1, 2016
Schools quango amasses 20,000 pages of online guidance for Scottish teachers
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Scotland
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Dec 1, 2016
£54m cost of key university access policy
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Dec 1, 2016
Warning over fast-track teacher scheme for Scotland
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Scotland
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Nov 30, 2016
Education Scotland chief rejects conflict of interest claims
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Scotland
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Nov 30, 2016
Muslims oppose stricter rules on entry to Catholic schools
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Nov 30, 2016
'Physical literacy' programme aims to stimulate pupil learning
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Scotland
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Nov 29, 2016
New principal of Scotland's oldest university targets more students from poor backgrounds
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Nov 29, 2016
St Andrews University's new principal targets more students from poor backgrounds
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Nov 29, 2016
Bad teachers: only 14 sacked in Scotland in three years
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Nov 27, 2016
John Swinney: New tests will not create extra work for teachers
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Scotland
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Nov 25, 2016
Exam chiefs face MSPs after concerns over 'worst ever' higher geography paper
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Nov 22, 2016
Colleges face fresh disruption as support staff reject pay deal
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Scotland
FE
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Nov 22, 2016
Minister backs moves for universities to raise tuition fees
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Nov 21, 2016
Budget threat to roll-out of flagship free nursery policy
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Scotland
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Nov 19, 2016
Managers accused of 'passing the buck' on blame for college's £3m debt
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Scotland
FE
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Nov 18, 2016
MSPs accuse college leaders of passing the buck over 'financial mess'
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FE
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Nov 17, 2016
Scottish universities fear Brexit will spark 'brain drain' of young talent
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Nov 17, 2016
SNP minister fears Westminster visa plan will create two-tier university system
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Nov 17, 2016
Scottish colleges fear funding decline after Brexit
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Scotland
FE
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Nov 16, 2016
Publication of performance statistics for Scottish primary schools branded 'misleading' and 'unwelcome'
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Scotland
Primary
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Nov 14, 2016
Councils attacked for failing to explain £140m nursery underspend
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Scotland
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Nov 12, 2016
Call for Scottish database of school bullying as incidents 'swept under the carpet'
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Scotland
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Nov 10, 2016
New overseas student restrictions 'could be financially fatal to universities'
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Scotland
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Nov 8, 2016
Warning over return to ‘tick box’ teaching in schools
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Scotland
Standards
Nov 8, 2016
Two-thirds of teachers lack trust in SQA, reveals survey
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Scotland
Teachers
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Nov 7, 2016
‘Vital’ heritage role of Scottish school dances
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Scotland
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Nov 7, 2016
Society rejects Scottish country dancing bullying claim
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Scotland
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Nov 7, 2016
Campaigners call for nursery funding reform
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Scotland
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Nov 7, 2016
Ministers face call for nursery funding reform
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Nov 7, 2016
Scottish country dancing teaches pupils about heritage, says leading body
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Scotland
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Nov 7, 2016
Calls for Brexit guarantees over Erasmus scheme as Scottish students face losing out
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Scotland
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Nov 6, 2016
Progress on fair university access 'stalling' as key post remains unfilled
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Scotland
Herald Scotland
Nov 5, 2016
Scottish country dancing 'leads to school bullying'
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Nov 4, 2016
School evacuated after banging noises are heard from electrical substation in Shawlands
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Nov 4, 2016
Students hit as luxury pre-paid flat development fails to open for start of term
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Scotland
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Nov 4, 2016
Scottish headteachers 'in charge of five schools' as councils cut costs
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Nov 4, 2016
Headteachers 'in charge of five schools' as councils cut costs
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Scotland
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Nov 4, 2016
Fresh bureaucracy row in Scottish schools
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Scotland
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Nov 3, 2016
College chief dismisses call for £100m in reserve cash to be used for pay deal
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Nov 2, 2016
College cash crisis to be raised at Holyrood
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Scotland
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Nov 1, 2016
Scottish Colleges cash crisis to be raised at Holyrood
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Scotland
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Nov 1, 2016
Scottish colleges cash crisis to be raised at Holyrood
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Scotland
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Nov 1, 2016
Financial crisis for Scottish colleges as more than 75% forecast deficit
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Scotland
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SFC
Oct 31, 2016
How Brexit will 'devastate' Scotland's world-class universities
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Scotland
Herald Scotland
EU
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Oct 30, 2016
Increase in Scottish parents complaining about teachers
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Scotland
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GTCS
Oct 29, 2016
Parents paying £80,000 above average house price to live in top school catchment areas
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Oct 28, 2016
College chiefs hit out over deal to pay lecturers £40,000
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Scotland
Oct 28, 2016
Revealed: National pay deal for college lecturers could cost £80m
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Scotland
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Oct 27, 2016
Scots universities fight to defend status as 'lowering the bar' plans for English institutions unveiled
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Scotland
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Oct 26, 2016
Teacher mucks in after landing new job at Scots island's primary school
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Scotland
Primary
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Oct 25, 2016
Top Scottish private school appoints first female principal
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Private schools
Oct 25, 2016
University chief: impact of Brexit on higher education could be catastrophic
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Oct 25, 2016
Edinburgh University principal warns of 'catastrophic' Brexit fallout
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EU
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Oct 24, 2016
Secondary teachers' industrial action begins today
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Scotland
SSTA
Oct 24, 2016
New primary school to be built in Glasgow to cope with growing population
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Scotland
Primary
Oct 24, 2016
Striving to improve classroom equality
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Herald Scotland
Scotland
Teachers
Oct 23, 2016
Lecturers push for pay reform across sector
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Scotland
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Oct 18, 2016
Exam body accused of breaching living wage status
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Scotland
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Oct 16, 2016
Edinburgh: the most selective education system in the UK?
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Scotland
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Oct 16, 2016
SQA urged to ensure exams are 'watertight' after errors found in computer paper
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Scotland
Herald Scotland
Oct 14, 2016
Examiners admit to coding errors in computing exam
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Oct 14, 2016
£300,000 bill as SQA axes 'vital' teacher meetings
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Scotland
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Oct 13, 2016
Scottish universities join forces to boost science teacher numbers
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Scotland
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Schools
Oct 12, 2016
Scottish schools should set up pupil whistleblowing service to tackle knife crime, inquiry says
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Herald Scotland
Oct 12, 2016
Teachers could get more powers to search pupils for weapons following Bailey Gwynne killing
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Safeguarding
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Oct 11, 2016
Health alert as new report reveals 83,000 children started primary school overweight in last decade
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Scotland
Obesity
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Oct 11, 2016
Birth data drive 'risks turning schools into immigration offices'
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Statistics
Oct 10, 2016
Schools "putting too much focus" on celebrating academic success
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Schools
Herald Scotland
Oct 10, 2016
Glasgow Caledonian's New York 'campus' project in turmoil over US-based objections
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USA
Oct 10, 2016
'Poorer kids deserve additional support as private tuition soars'
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Oct 9, 2016
Teachers issue fresh red tape warning over flagship deprivation fund
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Oct 8, 2016
Headteachers will not become bureaucrats, says John Swinney
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Oct 7, 2016
Scottish university principal attacks Home Secretary over visa curbs for overseas students
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Oct 7, 2016
Wanted: More men to work in nursery sector
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Oct 6, 2016
Parents slate ‘jargon-laden’ consultation over schools
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Oct 5, 2016
Teachers back work to rule over ‘excessive workload’
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Oct 4, 2016
Crisis over educational psychology in Scotland
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Oct 1, 2016
Teachers who help pupils too much in assessments face clampdown
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Oct 1, 2016
Unit assessments on National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses to be removed
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Sep 30, 2016
Glasgow City Council relaxes cap on free places in private nurseries
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Sep 30, 2016
EIS suspends industrial action in teacher workloads dispute
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Sep 30, 2016
Unit assessments on National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher courses to be removed
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Sep 29, 2016
Expert attacks the ‘lunacy’ of classroom red tape mountain
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Sep 28, 2016
Inspectors tell school for deaf to improve leadership
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Sep 28, 2016
Professor: Life of Jesus should be included in history lessons in Scottish schools
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Sep 27, 2016
Study of Jesus 'should be part of mainstream history lessons' in Scottish schools
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Sep 26, 2016
Scottish schools 'faced teacher shortage ahead of new school year'
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Sep 25, 2016
St Andrews University ranked highest in UK for teaching quality
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Sep 25, 2016
Campaigners warn teaching on global issues must not be sidelined
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Sep 25, 2016
Demand for school quango split after bureaucracy crisis
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Sep 24, 2016
Watchdog: All schools should take trainees to solve student teacher crisis
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Sep 23, 2016
Watchdog: All schools should take trainees
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Sep 23, 2016
Scottish teachers consider suspending industrial action after workload breakthrough
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Sep 22, 2016
The five Scottish universities in world's top 200
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Sep 21, 2016
Controversial Scottish school assessments scrapped to ease teacher workload
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Sep 21, 2016
Island school innundated with applications after social media appeal for new teacher
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Sep 21, 2016
Student teacher crisis "getting worse"
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Sep 21, 2016
Controversial Scottish school assessments "to be scrapped" to ease teacher workload
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Sep 21, 2016
Glasgow primary in deprived postcode praised by school inspectors
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Sep 21, 2016
Swinney frustrated by 'unacceptable' shortage of trainee teachers
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Sep 20, 2016
SECC show is just the job for graduates
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Sep 20, 2016
College staff to go on strike again over pay dispute
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Sep 20, 2016
Second council asks parents to prove their children are Catholic
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Sep 20, 2016
Teacher workload report attacked as "flimsy" by councils
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Sep 20, 2016
Crisis in vital school placements for Scottish trainee teachers
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Sep 20, 2016
Report finds 17 councils must do more to help cut teacher workload
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Sep 19, 2016
Schools help poorer families by relaxing rules on uniforms
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Sep 17, 2016
Children learn the a, b, seas at school
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Sep 17, 2016
Gas supplies cut at new Inverness school amid safety concerns
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Sep 16, 2016
Gender gap in higher education is biggest for decade
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Sep 15, 2016
Scottish state schools face biggest shake-up in half a century
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Sep 14, 2016
John Swinney rejects grammar school systems 'ideological dogma'
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Sep 13, 2016
Teachers told not to give computer homework to avoid stigmatising poor pupils
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Sep 13, 2016
Catholic Church hits back over 'opt out of religion' call for pupils
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Sep 13, 2016
"Maths tests for trainee teachers" to drive up numeracy standards in Scottish schools
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Sep 13, 2016
Classroom concerns over new national tests
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Sep 12, 2016
Revealed: culture of classroom silence over homophobia
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Sep 11, 2016
Scottish private school pupils see drop in Higher pass rates
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Sep 10, 2016
Scotland's exam body hit by £5 million deficit
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Sep 9, 2016
Brexit sparks uncertainty for Scottish universities over European students
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Sep 8, 2016
Middle classes will be 'squeezed out of universities' under plans to increase poorer student numbers
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Universities
Sep 8, 2016
All Scottish universities to drop entry grades for disadvantaged students
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Sep 7, 2016
Scottish universities consider national fair access scheme for poorest students
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Universities
Sep 7, 2016
Nicola Sturgeon sets out blueprint for school education
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Schools
Sep 7, 2016
Union boss warns future strike action 'very likely' at colleges if no talks agreed
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Sep 6, 2016
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