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‘Facebook trolls forced me to quit school’

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:16:06 GMT

A SCOTS teenager yesterday told how she had to quit school after she was bullied by cruel Facebook trolls.

Brian Wilson: Millport marine centre must be saved

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:46 GMT

On one Scottish island, there is a centre of academic excellence which predates the University of the Highlands and Islands by fully a century. That island is Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde.

Hugh Reilly: Teaching profession needs to man up

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:41:28 GMT

When I joined Strathclyde Police in 1975, many of my older colleagues hailed from the Highlands or one of the many Hebridean gulag archipelagos.

‘One in eight students considers suicide’

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:36 GMT

ONE in five students considers themselves to have a mental health problem and around one in eight has suicidal thoughts.

Schools to get cash for WWI battlefield trips

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:13 GMT

EVERY secondary school in Scotland is to be offered financial help to take pupils on educational visits to key battlefields of the First World War as part of the Scottish Government’s plans to commemorate the centenary of the Great War.

Star head nominated in national awards by pupils

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:49 GMT

A headteacher who “goes the extra mile” at a city special school has been put forward by her pupils for a national award.

Jane Devine: Students right to demand high quality

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:42:13 GMT

When my aunt’s pedigree dog entered into a clandestine relationship with a farm collie, my aunt was left with nice offspring she didn’t want and couldn’t sell for the type of fee they might have otherwise attracted had the sire been properly selected.

Researchers want secrets of mussels

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:56:51 GMT

A DIVING expedition is under way to uncover the secrets of giant horse mussels on Scotland’s seabed.

Florists and biologists in Chelsea Flower Show drive

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:51 GMT

IT must rank as one of the most bizarre collaborations in the history of floral art - the national branch of Scottish flower arrangers and marine biologists from Aberdeen University.

Stirling student smashes tutor door for poor grade

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:03:53 GMT

A STUDENT at Stirling University took a baseball bat to a lecturer’s door after receiving a poor grade on an essay.

Cows trample former Edinburgh lecturer to death

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:04 GMT

A RETIRED Edinburgh University professor has been trampled to death by a rampaging herd of cows while out walking his dog.

Scottish Independence: Schools to be battle ground

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:42:42 GMT

Secondary schools are set to become key political battlegrounds as pro and anti-independence groups go head-to-head to sway first-time 16-year-old voters.

Banking’s image puts off graduates - Lloyds chief

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:55 GMT

THE damage caused to banking’s image by the financial crisis is making it more difficult to recruit graduates into the industry, the head of one of Britain’s biggest banks has warned.

Hugh Reilly: SSTA’s D-day plans show martial naiveté

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:17:14 GMT

LAST weekend, anti-teacher forces picked up belligerent chatter emanating from the GHQ of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association.

Emergency plan to stop overcrowding at 9 schools

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:19:18 GMT

EMERGENCY plans are being drawn up to boost capacity at nine city primary schools as pressure on the Capital’s overcrowded classrooms intensifies.

Half of Scots back right to send child to Gaelic school

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:43:01 GMT

ALMOST half of Scots believe parents should have the right to send their children to a Gaelic school, research shows.

Claire Black: Reading time is precious and I don’t want to waste it on Dan Brown

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:58:39 GMT

DAN Brown has a new book out this week. I confess I am underwhelmed.

Boroughmuir campaigners say new site ‘too small’

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:11:36 GMT

COMMUNITY leaders have attacked plans to cram Boroughmuir High pupils into a new building they claim will not be big enough to hold them.

Report: Student loans body funding ‘inadequate’

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:14:43 GMT

RESOURCES at the Scottish Government agency that provides financial support for students are “inadequate for the task”, a review has concluded.

Teachers ‘suspicious of politicians’ over pensions

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:44:11 GMT

Teachers are being treated as “patsies” by governments in negotiations about pensions, a leading union member has warned.