Education
Pupils braved the conditions in Greenland
Young Scots who participated in a life-changing, 10-day expedition in Eastern Greenland with youth charity The Polar Academy have had their achievements recognised. More than 120 guests attended a special dinner and medal ceremony at Dundas Castle on the outskirts of Edinburgh to recognise the achievements of ten pupils from Bathgate Academy in West Lothian.…
Read MoreSchool shooters set their targets on victory
Strathallan School were the most sharp shooters in the country at a recent UK competition. The clay pigeon team were victorious in the prestigious Holland & Holland Schools Notice Independent Schools Championship putting them at the head of UK schools. The first ever Holland & Holland School Notices Championships, was held at their shooting grounds…
Read MoreStudents home in on success in new partnership
Students have been encouraged to push each and every boundary that makes up a typical home, in a tie up between a leading Scottish university and a major UK homebuilder. New homes developer CALA Homes has partnered up with Heriot-Watt University to give Construction Project Management and Quantity Surveying third year students the chance to…
Read MoreNew skills address shortage of gardeners
Horticulture student Eilidh Fletcher showed off her new skills when Greenbank Garden, near Glasgow, had a special visitor. The Scottish Parliament’s presiding officer, MSP Ken Macintosh visited at the start of Scottish Apprenticeship Week. Eilidh, who is doing a Modern Apprenticeship in Horticulture at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), has been working as a garden apprentice…
Read MoreNew warden appointed to head Glenalmond
Glenalmond College in Perthshire has appointed a new warden. Dr Michael Alderson, deputy head at Durham School, has been appointed warden (headteacher) at Glenalmond. He will take over leadership of the Perthshire independent boarding and day school from interim warden Hugh Ouston in April 2020. Dr Alderson began his teaching career in 2000, after reading…
Read MoreForward-thinking education in the perfect location
Situated in the heart of St Andrews, St Leonards is a forward-thinking, co-educational boarding and day school, which offers an outstanding education from five to 18 years. St Leonards has been named as Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019, by the Sunday Times Schools Guide. For three years running, St Leonards has also been ranked…
Read MoreState-of-the-art classroom will aid rural students
A new state-of-the-art digital classroom has been unveiled at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Barony campus in Dumfries. It is believed to be the first of its kind in the region. SRUC has invested around £80,000 to develop its first digital classroom in partnership with Glasgow-based audio-visual company MediaScape. The project was led by demand from…
Read MoreTop 10 tips for exam success
Specialists at Gordonstoun, which educated three generations of the royal family, are urging young people to combine exam revision with regular periods of dancing, hiking and even breathing to achieve success. The advice has been issues as millions of pupils receive the results of their mock GCSE exams. Each year, the independent boarding school runs…
Read MoreEducation and tourism at heart of research centre
A new teaching and events space is planned for Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Hill and Mountain Research Centre, near Crianlarich in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The upgrade will include a new space for up to 50 people. The space is required to meet the growing demands on the Hill and Mountain Research…
Read MoreTeachers, parents and children are unable to cope
The Scottish Government pupil census shows that in 2017, 183,491 pupils in Scotland’s publicly funded primary, secondary and special schools were identified as having additional support needs (ASN). This is a quarter of all pupils, and 59.9% of them are boys. One of these boys is my son. He was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder…
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