Schools across Scotland are being encouraged to throw themselves into all things maths as part of a UK-wide fundraising day in aid of leading children’s charity, the NSPCC.
A public information campaign is encouraging families to enrol their children for funded early learning and childcare ahead of a major expansion this summer.
People across Scotland are being encouraged to learn something new or get back into education as The Open University is offering hundreds of free courses online.
More than 30,000 young Scots would learn to play pipes and drums if they had the chance but only 6000 are learning so far, according to a national charity.
Blind and partially sighted school children are gaining fewer qualifications than their classmates, prompting calls from a sight loss charity for action to close a “shocking and unnecessary gap in attainment”.
Schoolchildren in Wigtownshire are getting creative as they help to name a new women’s, children’s and sexual health services facility taking shape in Stranraer.
The number of primary aged children being home educated has seen an increase of 146 per cent in the last five years. In Dumfries and Galloway this number now stands at 34 children.
As Scottish Book Trust marks its 21st anniversary, the independent national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has launched a new fundraising campaign to provide crucial support to vulnerable families and help fight the effects of living in poverty through reading and books.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes nearly 1,400 universities across 92 countries, based on performance indicators which measure performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
Children with special needs are increasingly being “forced” out of mainstream education despite new legal protections, a disability charity has warned.
Scottish Book Trust – the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing – is seeking applications for the Bookbug Hero Award and the Learning Professional Award 2020.
While the mighty Edinburgh Festival grabs the lion’s share of international attention and tourists, Galloway will be inviting the ‘home crowd’ and visitors alike to enjoy at least one of no less than six festivals it is about to host.
