In a Freedom of Information request from an anonymous source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-19-00473/ Could the source have been hoping for a trend going the other way? Regardless of the Scottish Labour Branch led EIS action, the above data merely confirms a wide…
In the Independent today: ‘Nearly three in five teachers in only their first year in the profession are already not convinced that they will stay in teaching – and rising mental health problems are partly to blame, research finds. The…
The EHRC Report: Is Britain Fairer? Was published today though the press had an early look and reduced 208 pages of text to quite small reports essentially finding only bad news for Scotland: So, I’ve been through it and shamelessly…
Mike Russell got thoroughly outnumbered last night by several ranting, self-obsessed and not too bright attention-seekers, enabled by Dumbledore, before he was stabbed in the back by Dugdale, so we heard barely a trace of intelligent discussion on education. On…
(c) (Image: Steve McKendrick) In the Scotsman today, we read: ‘Brian Wilson: Does Scotland actually care about education?’ At first when I see the words ‘Brian Wilson’, I think ‘God only knows what I’d be without you’ and I begin…
‘Quick, the Curriculum for Excellence advisors are right behind us!’ (c) http://messianicapologetics.net Under the headline: ‘Workload, stress and pay blamed for exodus of teachers at Scottish schools.’ we read: ‘A significant proportion of more experienced teachers have left the profession…
From the HESA statistics and reported on the gov.scot website: ‘The number of people studying education at a Scottish university has increased by 10% in a year, according to statistics published today. Latest figures released by the Higher Education Statistics…
(c) GETTY The Scotsman today allows Ruth to emerge from the shadows with an ill-informed anecdotal rant attacking the Curriculum for Excellence in Scottish Schools. It’s an almost entirely evidence-free critique other than a single reference to unreliable international comparisons:…
(c) holyrood.com The Scotsman today headlined: ‘The bill for supply teachers in Scotland has topped £81 million, sparking calls for the Scottish Government to review its deal on teacher pay.’ This was based on a Freedom of Information request by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_trade_in_the_Middle_Ages As we hurtle toward the Brexit cliff with the likelihood of damage to our economy, the SNP Government is attempting forge stronger economic, cultural and social links with the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. Scotland, of course, has a long…
Talking-up Scotland 