Education news archive

Major milestones reached in delivery of new National Qualifications

30 April 2012

Two major milestones on the route towards introduction of Scotland’s new National Qualifications are delivered today (Monday 30 April) by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland.

Major milestones reached in delivery of new National Qualifications

30 April 2012

Two major milestones on the route towards introduction of Scotland’s new National Qualifications are delivered today (Monday 30 April) by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland.

Skint! feature on Radio Scotland

27 April 2012

BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Sunday Morning With Ricky Ross' programme carried a feature on how Skint! is being used to support young people who attend the Focus Learning Centre, Saltcoats, Ayr.

Innovative approaches to quality assurance and moderation - newly published

26 April 2012

Education Scotland has worked with a range of practitioners to publish case studies on innovative ways of developing quality assurance and moderation processes.

Advice and guidance for new National Qualifications – coming soon

26 April 2012

Education Scotland is developing advice and guidance for practitioners on the delivery of courses within the new National Qualifications (NQ) framework which will be published on 30 April.

BBC Bitesize - Standard Grade and Higher Messageboard

18 April 2012

BBC Bitesize has message boards for pupils studying for their Standard Grades and Highers.

Edinburgh Book Festival schools programme available now

17 April 2012

The Edinburgh Book Festival schools programme is now available and will be posted to schools this week.

Building Resilience: Transforming Financial Behaviour and Welfare Reform

16 April 2012

'Building Resilience: Transforming Financial Behaviour and Welfare Reform' was a financial capability learning event that took place on 15 March 2012. You can read a report of this event on the Financial Learning Online (FLO Scotland) website.

PhD scholarship: Gaelic language acquisition and education

05 April 2012

The University of Edinburgh has a PhD Scholarship available for a research project relating to Gaelic language acquisition and education in Scotland.