New Scottish government guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools had been due before the summer holidays, but will nownot appear until sometime in the new school year. Related:Schools ‘struggling’ to find effective mobile phone policies Mobile phones:Could a ban ease Scottish schools’...
There’s no legal requirement for pupils to wear school uniform, but national guidance sets out key principles around affordability and equality12th September 2024, 12:01am Henry Hepburn Guidance on school uniform and clothing has been published today by the Scottish government. It stresses that ...
the UK government announced on 16 January 2023 their intention to utilise powers in the Scotland Act to block the bill from receiving royal assent. UCU and other trade unions along with the STUC have released statements supportive of the bill and opposing the UK government’s ...
The scheme emerged in 2001 as part of an agreement between government, local employing authorities and teacher organisations. Policies such as the chartered teacher scheme aim to benefit students in two main ways: by attracting and retaining effective teachers; and by ensuring all teachers continue ...
“It’s an immensely difficult place for the sector to be in. Universities are an integral part of Scotland’s future, but a weakened university sector will put the Scottish government’s ambitions at risk.” Mary Senior, the Scotland official at the University and College Union, said any ne...
Drawing on the above evidence, we speculate that in part, the limited success of widening access policies in Scotland may be due to tensions in these policies. While there is a commitment from the Scottish Government that access to university should be available to all, irrespective of socioecon...
2. Interestingly, these exact words can now be found in a Curriculum for Excellence behaviour management leaflet, supporting the argument made in the following chapter that health and wellbeing often serve other purposes of schooling (Scottish Government2013). ...
Read First Minister John Swinney’s Programme for Government speech here. byJohn Swinney Read More Labour to cut school buses for over 8,000 pupils in South Lanarkshire Posted on5 May, 2025 The SNP candidate in the Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse by-election has voiced her to opposition to...
Scottish Government admits it holds no evidence to support John Swinney?s claim that raising the Scottish Child Payment would stop parents working. Scottish universities face �85m bill from new UK tax on international students 15 May 2025 at 5:00am Scotland's universities are facing a bill ...
Teachers are using platforms such as ChatGPT and Copilot to “create lesson plans, quizzes and assist with marking, but the lack of clear policies and blocked access to certain platforms in schools has become a significant barrier which needs to be removed”. The research report is part of...