High flying Ayr student wins prestigious national award
A high-flying student from the Ayr Campus has been named regional winner for Scotland at a prestigious national education award. read more
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High flying SRUC student wins prestigious national award
A high-flying student from the Ayr Campus of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been named regional winner for Scotland at a prestigious national education award. read more
Green Party responds to Trump state visit announcement
14 February 2017
The Green Party has responded to news the Government has said it will press ahead with plans to give President Trump a state visit despite public opposition. [1]
Jonathan Bartley, Green Party co-leader, said:
“It is deeply disappointing that in its desperation to pander to the new US President the Government has ignored almost 2 million British people who made it clear they do not want to give a racist misogynist the highest honour our country has to offer.
“Donald Trump’s presidency has already been marked by an utterly disgraceful travel ban, while his apparent intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement highlights his contempt for environmental protection.
“We should be showing backbone and leadership by taking a stand against the President’s damaging policies – not rolling out a red carpet.”
ENDS.
For more information contact: press@greenparty.org.uk / 0203 691 9401
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Davy McCracken, Head of SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre, recently paid a flying visit to Brussels. read more
Teaching fund a step in right direction, but more needed
14 Feb 2017
The announcement of a new teacher-training fund is a step in the right direction, the Scottish Conservatives have said, but more needs to be done.
The Scottish Government’s investment for new teachers has been welcomed by shadow education secretary Liz Smith, but she warned it would not make up for a decade of educational neglect.
Just one of the many issues local authorities have faced under SNP leadership is the recruitment process for schools and maintaining the services of specialist teachers.
Figures have shown that schools have struggled over the years to attract the necessary number of teachers, with some councils even being forced to offer financial incentives.
Scottish Conservative shadow education secretary Liz Smith said:
“This will be welcome news for Scotland’s teaching profession which has had to bear the full brunt of the SNP’s successive cuts to teacher numbers since 2007.
“It has been abundantly clear for some time that Scotland has too few professionally trained teachers particularly in some core subject areas and we know that several local authorities have found it impossible to fill key vacancies with the obvious costs to education in the classroom.
“The key test is not only the provision of more teacher training places but an improvement in the employment rates for newly qualified teachers.
“Scotland cannot afford to lose its talented pool of teacher trainees nor can it allow the SNP to fail again in its workforce planning.”
For more on the story, visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38969970
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