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Exam season is underway
This week, exam season kicked off in Scotland, with more than 127,000 Scots readying themselves to sit the papers that could define their futures. SQA-regulated exams will be sat at 470 schools and colleges nationwide over the next four and a half weeks, at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher level. Dr Janet Brown, Scottish…
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One in two school students consider an apprenticeship as their route into employment
16-18 year olds still at school cite ability to earn money straight away and gaining valuable work experience as reasons to gain an apprenticeship 8 million1young Britons aged 16-30 believe an apprenticeship could fast track their career 54% of degree holders would in hindsight consider a different route into employment over university Three in four…
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Scottish pupils through to semi-finals of national debating tournament
Scottish pupils through to semi-finals of national debating tournament Pupils from 16 schools across Scotland have battled their way to the semi-finals of the Law Society of Scotland’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. 128 teams took part in the opening rounds of the competition, pitting their wits against one another as they debated the pros…
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Distance learning with UWS
The University of the West of Scotland have a fantastic range of master’s-level courses on offer – and much can be done at a distance, as teacher Emily Clarke is finding out. Emily, who is a teacher and counsellor at the International School in Hong Kong, is currently studying towards an MSc in Mental Health and Education. We found…
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A quarter of newly-qualified teachers leave profession after one year
New data has shown that one in four NQTs in Scotland “disappear” from the profession after completing their probationary year. 630 out of 2,699 probationers in 2015 didn’t go on to work as fully qualified teachers. Experts have suggested that many after taking their skills and qualifications to work abroad. However, Seamus Searson, general secretary of the…
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Scottish teachers take 500,000 days off for mental health reasons in three years
Figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that Scottish school teachers have taken almost 500,000 days off work due to mental health reasons over the last three years. The FOI request found that teachers, head teachers, teaching support staff and nursery staff have taken a total of 477,000 days off work with mental health…
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De-stress your students
You’ve handed out the mind maps and delivered your best ‘don’t stress’ speech, but still you can feel your pupils’ panic rising. Is there any more you can do to help? We speak to Janey Downshire, expert and author of Teenagers Translated, to see what more teachers can do to help tackle stress in the classroom REMEMBER THAT…
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Support staff feeling ‘undervalued and stressed’
Research from trade union UNISON has found that Scots school support staff are feeling ‘exhausted, undervalued and stressed’ in their work – and they’re struggling to maintain standards because of cuts. The survey collected almost 900 responses from staff working in schools last September, including janitors, librarians, clerical staff, technicians and catering staff. More than…
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Teachers quit due to workload
Did you know that workload is the main reason people leave the teaching profession? And that pupil to teacher ratio is experiencing a steady decline? Check out the info-graph from www.astarteachers.co.uk to see how the landscape of teaching in the UK is changing.
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SELF-BELIEF IN SCHOOLS SOARS WITH HELP OF LITTLE BIRD PROJECT
A recent study has found that 88 per cent of young people in Britain today say they ‘lack confidence and doubt they will succeed in life’, proving that self-confidence is fundamentally missing from our schools’ syllabus. However, a new project is changing this one school at a time. Led by Alison Delaney, an author,…
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