Education
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First meeting of new Scottish Education Council
24th November 2017 by John Swinney MSP
Today I chaired the first ever Scottish Education Council, a new body established to the oversee the work we are doing to improve education in Scotland.
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Quality Improvement Awards 2017
21st November 2017 by Education News Team
National award ceremony celebrates quality improvement initiatives. Nine individuals and organisations have been recognised for their work to improve services for babies, children, young people and families at the Quality Improvements Awards 2017. The awards are designed to celebrate innovative quality improvement work that is strengthening support and services for families across Scotland, helping ensure...
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Making a difference through Quality Improvement
21st November 2017 by Education News Team
Today over 700 practitioners representing the early years, health, education, police, social work and third sector services will gather in Glasgow to discuss how to make Scotland the #BestPlacetoGrowUp. They will be joined by the Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, the Minister for Childcare and Early Years...
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Respect for All anti-bullying guidance launches
15th November 2017 by John Swinney MSP
Anti-Bullying Week provides us with the opportunity to send a clear and positive message that bullying of any kind, whether it takes place face to face or online, is totally unacceptable and when it happens, we all have a responsibility to address it. Today we are launching our refreshed anti-bullying guidance for everyone who works...
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Regional Improvement Leads appointed
2nd November 2017 by Education News Team
Schools across Scotland will be able to draw on a range of expertise through six newly established Regional Improvement Collaboratives. Each one will be led by a Regional Improvement Lead and will work with schools, using all available evidence, to provide targeted advice and support to drive improvement. The leads have been appointed by agreement...
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Record student support
31st October 2017 by Education News Team
New statistics show 143,110 students received support from the Scottish Government in 2016-17, up from 141,000 the previous year.
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Children and Young People’s Cabinet Meeting
10th March 2017 by John Swinney MSP
Last week I chaired our first annual meeting of Cabinet Ministers with children and young people at Bute House. Four Members of the Children’s Parliament (MCPs) and ten Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) spoke to us about the issues that are important to children and young people in Scotland today. The children and...
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Gender balance in STEM
26th January 2017 by Education News Team
Today the Minister for Further and Higher Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville, led a roundtable discussion with Scotland’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sheila Rowan, about gender inequality in STEM fields. They were joined at the Scottish Parliament by representatives from across the sector to discuss actions to tackle the issue as part of the ongoing STEM consultation but...
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New childcare pilots announced
23rd December 2016 by Mark McDonald
Yesterday, I was fortunate to visit Larkhall Children’s Centre, meet the children, staff and parents and see for myself how the nursery there is helping deliver the Scottish Government’s aims to expand free early learning and childcare. The children were fantastic and it was clear that they are benefitting from an extremely high quality of...
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Scotland’s budget – delivering for colleges
22nd December 2016 by Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
Last week, the Scottish Government’s budget underlined the importance that we are placing on education. Overall, total investment in education and skills will go up by £170 million in 2017/18. We will invest an initial £60m in the infrastructure required to deliver our transformational childcare reforms; Scotland’s schools will get £120 million more to tackle...
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