Features
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Beat Bullying
With children with special educational needs and disabilities twice as likely to experience bullying, how can SEN schools tackle the issue? We found out Bullying is a problem in schools across the UK. The 2017 Ditch the Label report, which surveyed 1,020 young Brits aged 12 to 20, found that 54% of young people had…
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Leckie and Leckie: supporting teachers and students
Leckie and Leckie is Scotland’s leading educational publisher, dedicated to creating resources designed specifically for Scottish teachers and students, and covering subjects right across the Secondary spectrum, as well as Primary English and Maths. Our Secondary textbooks and revision resources have been praised widely, and are trusted widely, too. We offer affordable, accessible and authoritative…
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Free courses to help students with future plans
UCAS has launched two useful new courses to help students, and the people who advise them, when it comes to making decisions on life after high school. There are more options open to young people than ever before, so deciding what the future holds can be tricky. UCAS’ two courses are designed to highlight the…
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North Lanarkshire high schools to offer free sanitary products for pupils
High schools across North Lanarkshire are set to offer free sanitary products for pupils in the ongoing battle against ‘period poverty’. Following reports of girls taking time off from lessons when they have their period due to the fact that they can’t afford adequate sanitary protection, North Lanarkshire will be putting free dispensing facilities in…
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Enhance your skills with SCEL
Since its launch in 2014, the Scottish College for Educational Leadership has supported many education professionals – and this year, they’re offering even more fantastic opportunities. We found out more about what SCEL has to offer teachers from depute CEO and director of programmes Lesley Whelan When it comes to professional learning opportunities, few organisations…
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Scots teens spend more time studying than rest of UK
New research has found that Scottish school pupils spend more time studying than their English, Welsh and Irish counterparts – but the gap between affluent and disadvantaged pupils is twice as high as south of the border. Scottish 15-year-olds are spending more time on non-essential study than the international average – 17.8 hours a week…
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Teachers back National 4 exam change
The majority of Scots teachers support the motion to introduce a formal exam for National 4 qualifications, new research from the Scottish Qualifications Authority has found. Nat 4s, which were introduced in 2014, currently rely on coursework and internal assessment. Some have branded the qualification as ‘worthless’ due to the lack of exam. The SQA…
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BAFTA announces winners of Young Game Designers Awards
BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has announced the winners of its prestigious Young Game Designers (YGD) competition, run in association with the Nominet Trust. Four young aspiring games creators and an inspirational teacher were all awarded prizes at a special ceremony held at BAFTA HQ hosted by Dev Griffin (BBC Radio…
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Social media sites harming young people’s mental health
Four of the five most popular social media sites are having a negative impact on young people’s mental health, according to new research. Photo sharing platform Instagram has proven to be the most damaging, according to research from the Royal Society for Public Health and the Young Health Movement. The survey questioned 1,500 14 to 24-year-olds…
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Understanding epilepsy
With the condition affecting one in 103 people in the UK, epilepsy is far more common than you might think – and it’s important that teachers and support staff get clued up on how best to support those affected. We find out more from Epilepsy Action Whether you work in a special education environment or not, the chances are that,…
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