Hallowe’en is often considered a recent addition to Australian celebrations, imported from the United States. However, Halloween’s roots go back thousands of years to Celtic traditions in Ireland and Scotland, and here in Australia to the nineteenth century. All Hallow’s Eve adopted the Celtic...
The origins of this comparative study lie in a request from Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the statutory language planning agency for Gaelic in Scotland, to identify the factors contributing to the success of established MLM teacher education programmes, in the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC), Catalonia, Ne...
There was an argument over whether the sharper rise in those from the most deprived areas in England (+6%) than Scotland (+3%) meant anything and what the relevance was of the higher numbers in Scotland who do an HN qualification at college without passing through UCAS, before going on to...
In Scotland, on New Year’s Eve, people visit their neighbours and drink, dance and generally have a good time. If you’re invited to a Scottish home, it’s important to know what to bring with you: a lump of coal, some shortbread and some whisky. ...