New school opened by Fiona Hyslop
As part of the council in South Ayrshire’s £76 million Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop MSP took time out her busy day to open a new £9.2 million school.
The Alloway Primary School had been completely knocked down, before being rebuilt from scratch into a state [...]
What is good about Second Life Education?
Currently there is an online fair for teachers and anyone who is involved in education. The Second Life Educational Support Faire runs from the 25th January 2009 until 30th January 2009.
It can be found in the supported region, where there are many activities planned for all teaching and support staff, it also may be of [...]
Did school swap work?
The other day the BBC2 programme Newsnight did a social experiment to see how pupils from an average secondary school got on when they went to top public school Wellington College, the idea was to try and make these kids realise that there is more to life.
However, do these schemes ever make any difference; there [...]
Learning at home in the UK
Currently there are around a hundred and fifty thousand children in the UK who are being educated at home; this amount has increased three fold since 1999.
The reasons for the rise are varied, it could be because the parents are unhappy with the child’s progress at school, the child may be bored which leads to [...]
Students fail at GCSE
It looks as if there is some discrepancy over the pass rates that we are fed by the government when it comes to GCSE results. We are led to believe that not all of our school kids are coming from high school with great results, but that may be the case.
According to some reports around [...]
Leadership programme needs help
A student leadership programme that has been run through the University of Bedford’s, department of innovation are looking for local business people to step and help out developing the students understanding of the needs and requirements to lead from the front.
The programmes aim is to enable students to develop their skills in leadership. This will [...]
Does your child need to change schools?
Putting your children through school is like nothing you have done before; It is the one chance that parents have to influence the outcome of their children’s future. However, what if it is not working, how would you know?
There are signs, which act as early warning systems for parents, these signs come in many different [...]
Using Twitter in education
It may come as a surprise to some people that the micro blogging site Twitter is being used more and more in education, not as way of learning, but more for those involved in education to air their views and hopefully pick up tips.
The problem is that despite the growth of Twitter, this free to [...]
UK home schooling
The case for teaching your own children at home is easy for some people who have the time and experience to be able to get the job done correctly. Many people choose this route just in the early years before high school and the reasons vary.
For many people the fact the primary schools take on [...]
Teachers get compensation
Teachers in Scotland were paid out £180,000 in compensation claims during 2008 according to the Scottish teachers union, the EIS. The largest payout was to a teacher who fell off of a step ladder, he received £35,000.
However, there were also payments of up to £15,000 for teachers who got involved in breaking up fights between [...]
Why you need an education
At some point there is always a time when some people think does education really make all that much difference, after all the majority of those who are successful entrepreneurs are also known for being college dropouts.
This sends out the signal that you do not need to complete your course in order to be successful, [...]