Education
Letters: Scotland should be proud of its education success
![Schools return from the summer holidays next month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17637934.jpg)
![Schools return from the summer holidays next month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17637934.jpg)
![Scotland's licence allowing full access to Microsoft Office programmes expires on 1 August 2024.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16621439.jpg)
![Scotland's licence allowing full access to Microsoft Office programmes expires on 1 August 2024.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16621439.jpg)
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![Should Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop be doing more to resolve the ScotRail dispute with Aslef?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/4824882.jpg)
![Should Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop be doing more to resolve the ScotRail dispute with Aslef?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/4824882.jpg)
![Children and young people's right under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child officially take effect in Scots law this week.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18301863.jpg)
![Children and young people's right under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child officially take effect in Scots law this week.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18301863.jpg)
![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312963.jpg)
![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312963.jpg)
![James McEnaney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16919493.jpg)
![James McEnaney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16919493.jpg)
![Some of Scotland's most picturesque communities also have the hardest time recruiting and retaining teachers.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18027205.jpg)
![Some of Scotland's most picturesque communities also have the hardest time recruiting and retaining teachers.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18027205.jpg)
![Cuts to buses serving Chryston High and other North Lanarkshire schools have proven controversial, but parents across the council area say that the situation highlights the need for a bigger change in culture.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304280.jpg)
![Cuts to buses serving Chryston High and other North Lanarkshire schools have proven controversial, but parents across the council area say that the situation highlights the need for a bigger change in culture.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304280.jpg)
![Attendees at the UHI Integrated Land Use Conference in March 2024](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18299992.jpg)
![Attendees at the UHI Integrated Land Use Conference in March 2024](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18299992.jpg)
![Frank Pignatelli ran run Western Europe's biggest education authority](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304092.jpg)
![Frank Pignatelli ran run Western Europe's biggest education authority](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304092.jpg)
OBITUARY
![Lennie Pennie: Level the playing field on tax and give every kid a chance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18120463.jpg)
![Lennie Pennie: Level the playing field on tax and give every kid a chance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18120463.jpg)
![The rise of children in housing limbo](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18291471.jpg)
![The rise of children in housing limbo](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18291471.jpg)
![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14261801.jpg)
![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14261801.jpg)
![Readers recall their encounters with the tawse](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17226419.jpg)
![Readers recall their encounters with the tawse](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17226419.jpg)
![Susan Nightingale, director of devolved nations at the British Business Bank](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18299787.jpg)
![Susan Nightingale, director of devolved nations at the British Business Bank](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18299787.jpg)
![Sign up for Lessons to Learn and get a weekly expert insight into Scottish education](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18299160.jpg)
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![How Scotland's housing emergency damages children's education](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295738.jpg)
![How Scotland's housing emergency damages children's education](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295738.jpg)
![Teachers and pupils in Scotland will have access to popular IT tools restricted](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18264264.jpg)
![Teachers and pupils in Scotland will have access to popular IT tools restricted](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18264264.jpg)
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![The Mackintosh Building is covered in a protective white membrane ‘wrap’ and temporary roof structure](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17890608.jpg)
![The Mackintosh Building is covered in a protective white membrane ‘wrap’ and temporary roof structure](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17890608.jpg)
![Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has been called on to explain coming changes to school IT provision](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16532921.jpg)
![Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has been called on to explain coming changes to school IT provision](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16532921.jpg)
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![A ceremony on the site of the new school](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18297544.jpg)
![A ceremony on the site of the new school](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18297544.jpg)
![Edinburgh Futures Institute colleagues Siobhan Dunn & Katrina Macapagal admire the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295584.jpg)
![Edinburgh Futures Institute colleagues Siobhan Dunn & Katrina Macapagal admire the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295584.jpg)
![Some pupils at Chryston High School face a nearly three mile walk under the council's plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18221121.jpg)
![Some pupils at Chryston High School face a nearly three mile walk under the council's plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18221121.jpg)
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![Posing questions can almost at once inspire greater engagement from those around you](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18287806.jpg)
![Posing questions can almost at once inspire greater engagement from those around you](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18287806.jpg)
BUSINESS HQ
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AN APPRECIATION
![School-aged dance students could benefit from the new course for P.E. teachers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18278070.jpg)
![School-aged dance students could benefit from the new course for P.E. teachers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18278070.jpg)
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![Frank Pignatelli](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282385.jpg)
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![Dr Mhairi Crawford of LGBT Youth Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18277076.jpg)
![Dr Mhairi Crawford of LGBT Youth Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18277076.jpg)
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![Margot Christie](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18270913.jpg)
![Margot Christie](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18270913.jpg)
OBITUARY
![Ryan Holmes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18272920.jpg)
![Ryan Holmes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18272920.jpg)
![Sign up for Lessons to Learn and get a weekly expert insight into Scottish education](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18272936.jpg)
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Lessons to Learn 🎓
![Dame Elish Angiolini has been awarded an honorary doctorate (Edinburgh Napier University/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18271622.jpg)
![Dame Elish Angiolini has been awarded an honorary doctorate (Edinburgh Napier University/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18271622.jpg)
![RI Cruden director Callum Cruden and Skills Development Scotland employer engagement executive Michelle Denoon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18267777.jpg)
![RI Cruden director Callum Cruden and Skills Development Scotland employer engagement executive Michelle Denoon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18267777.jpg)
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![Students become first to graduate from pioneering football coaching degree](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18268752.jpg)
![Students become first to graduate from pioneering football coaching degree](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18268752.jpg)
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![Anna Konovalenko joined hundreds of students at Paisley Abbey for the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) summer graduation ceremonies](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18262366.jpg)
![Anna Konovalenko joined hundreds of students at Paisley Abbey for the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) summer graduation ceremonies](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18262366.jpg)
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![Anthony Harford, Head of Business Development at Heriot-Watt University; Mark Cook, Chair of ABHI and Chair of Scottish Brain Sciences; Michelle Beukes, Business Development Manager at Heriot-Watt University](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18253917.jpg)
![The El Anatsui Exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery at University of Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18257272.jpg)
![The El Anatsui Exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery at University of Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18257272.jpg)
![Pupils protest against plans to cut teacher numbers in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18232596.jpg)
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![Scottish Labour splits with UK party over 'gender ideology' in schools](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11634048.jpg)
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![City of Glasgow College is understood to have backed down on several key threats against staff.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18134223.jpg)
![City of Glasgow College is understood to have backed down on several key threats against staff.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18134223.jpg)
![Sue Webber MSP, Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee announced the launch of a public consultation on the new Education (Scotland) Bill](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18246329.jpg)
![Sue Webber MSP, Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee announced the launch of a public consultation on the new Education (Scotland) Bill](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18246329.jpg)
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![The Antikythera Mechanism](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18244894.jpg)
![The Antikythera Mechanism](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18244894.jpg)
![Scottish racing driver makes pit stop in Stirling for graduation ceremony](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18244601.jpg)
![Scottish racing driver makes pit stop in Stirling for graduation ceremony](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18244601.jpg)
![Professor Miles Padgett with a bust of Lord Kelvin on display at The Hunterian](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18243675.jpg)
![Professor Miles Padgett with a bust of Lord Kelvin on display at The Hunterian](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18243675.jpg)
LORD KELVIN BICENTENARY
![Elizabeth Bishop poem translated into Scottish Gaelic by University of Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18241234.jpg)
![Elizabeth Bishop poem translated into Scottish Gaelic by University of Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18241234.jpg)
![Lord Kelvin’s radical approach to science education remains a an inspiration](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18227773.jpg)
![Lord Kelvin’s radical approach to science education remains a an inspiration](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18227773.jpg)
LORD KELVIN BICENTENARY
![City of Glasgow College and Principal Dr Paul Little have announced they will go ahead with plans to deduct full pay from staff taking part in action short of strike.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18236152.jpg)
![City of Glasgow College and Principal Dr Paul Little have announced they will go ahead with plans to deduct full pay from staff taking part in action short of strike.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18236152.jpg)
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