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'Cliff edge' warning on lack of funding for Scottish apprenticeships
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (348+ words) Representatives from Scotland's print industry are calling for a review of apprenticeship funding bands amid a "cliff edge" skills warning. According to sector trade body Print Scotland, industry apprenticeships in this country attract almost "7,000 less per trainee than those in…...
Four in 10 parents consider listening to audiobooks as ‘cheating’
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (765+ words) Four in 10 parents consider listening to audiobooks as "cheating" " but an expert has revealed it can be as effective for children as traditional physical books. Research of 2,000 mums and dads of kids aged three to 12 revealed 35 per cent don"t…...
The Herald cartoon by Steven Camley is on teacher strikes
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (67+ words) The Herald cartoon by Steven Camley is on teacher strikes'The Herald The Herald cartoon by Steven Camley is on teacher strikes You can find Steven Camley in The Herald and online at heraldscotland.com and see more here. You can…...
Diplomat in stark warning over university's plans to cut language courses
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (850+ words) A European diplomat has issued a stark warning over a Scottish university's plans to cut language courses as the UK prepares to rejoin the EU's Erasmus exchange programme. The University and College Union (UCU) said earlier this week that Heriot-Watt…...
Teachers back strike action over broken workload promises
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (384+ words) Members of Scotland's largest teaching union have overwhelmingly backed industrial action over the Scottish Government's failure to deliver on promises to reduce teacher workload. A nationwide ballot saw 85 percent of EIS members support strike action, while 93 percent voted in support…...
Why we need a new law requiring every school in Scotland to have a library
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (742+ words) Scottish Book Trust is campaigning for a new law requiring every school in Scotland to have a library, warning that more than a decade of cuts has left provision "drastically reduced" and vulnerable to further erosion. Chief executive Marc Lambert…...
Edinburgh-developed reading tech created with transform learning for children
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (285+ words) A new Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology is helping children improve reading skills through real-time feedback. As the UK government unveiled its "Every Child Achieving and Thriving" white paper last week, education technology company Auris Tech Limited is demonstrating how…...
A new approach is needed to make apprenticeships truly modern
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (217+ words) Apprenticeships are vital to Scotland's economy, but they are also in need of an overhaul, writes Edinburgh College principal and CEO Audrey Cumberford. It's fifteen years since Scottish Apprenticeship Week first started " providing a well-needed spotlight on the importance of…...
'When women thrive, we all rise': Apprenticeship Week makes female participation push
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (372+ words) Scottish Apprenticeship Week has launched with a renewed push to increase female participation in vocational training. Higher and further education minister Ben Macpherson met apprentices at Arnold Clark, Lochend Industrial Estate, Edinburgh, including Zoe Stewart and Jody Nisbet, who entered…...
Glasgow Caledonian to axe 100 jobs to close £10m deficit
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (560+ words) A leading Scottish university is to cut more than 100 jobs in a bid to close a "10 million deficit. Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) "urgently needs to reduce costs" after a drop in intentional student enrolments resulted in a "33m loss of income....