The increased investment was expected to primarily come from money being redirected from Covid-era student places. An additional 2,500 funded places were created during the pandemic owing to school-leavers receiving higher than expected teacher-assessed grades after exams were cancelled. Given the l...
When sharing photos with family and friends, think about privacy. Social media is easy, but remember that you’re often giving up control over your images. On platforms like Facebook, once you upload a photo, you’ve agreed to their terms, which might include using your images for other p...
There's no legal requirement for pupils to wear school uniform, but national guidance sets out key principles around affordability and equality
The costly consequences of unfair contract terms 16 January 2025 By Nyrie Eller, paralegal, dispute resolution at Gillespie Macandrew RENEWING your monthly streaming service, agreeing to a new phone contract and taking up a gym... Innovation, collaboration, and solutions for Scotland’s housing cris...
The IFS report shows school spending per pupil aged 3-18 is estimated to have been 17 per cent higher in real terms in Scotland in 2021-22 than in 2009-10; in England, it is estimated to have been 2.5 per cent lower than in 2009-10. ...
Increasing the Size of the Scottish Health Literacy School Figuration Through Creative Technological Approachesdoi:10.1007/978-3-031-63840-4_15Over the last decade or so, Scotland has built considerable expertise in the field of health literacy. It has published two national action plans to raise ...
Gender, socioeconomic and rural/urban differences are analysed together with the impact of family context, school environment and bullying. It is noted that in overall comparative terms, Scotland's young people are above average in terms of happiness and below in terms of confi dence and ...
the political and economic centre of a country badly divided in terms of wealth between the South East and the rest. The discovery of oil in the 1960s, and the centralisation of North Sea policy in the UK capital, with calls for a specific Scottish share scornfully rejected, is a classic...
who fall in love and marry only a day before Ramand is called away to fight in the Jacobite rising for Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is period of history I know very little about, soThe Middle Windowwas surprisingly instructive, helping put in context lots of terms I’d heard but without ...
But, instead of acknowledging the equal nature of two states coming together in a union, the terms were to add 45 Scottish seats to the existing 513 English in the House of Commons and 16 Scottish peers (but no clergy) to the Hours of Lords. Virtually nothing else changed; it remained ...