Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Tag: Education
University research funding and student mobility post-Brexit
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the implications of the UK’s exit from the EU on university research funding and student mobility.
Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill – the story so far
Reading Time: 6 minutes On Tuesday 24 November 2020, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 3. This blog looks at the
Positive progression: The future of college to university pathways
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at college to university pathways and the role they may play post COVID-19
National Qualifications – estimating success: a response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog looks at the cancellation of the 2020 exam diet and the method of certification the SQA has put in place for those qualifications.
RICs: improving Scottish Education through collaboration?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Blog looking at the development of education Regional Improvement Collaboratives.
The price of free tuition in Scotland
Reading Time: 9 minutes A blog reflecting on the debate about tuition fees in Scotland in the period since devolution.
20 years of scrutinising school education policy – a learning experience.
Reading Time: 7 minutes A look at the approach to education policy and resulting challenges for the Parliament.
Scotland’s schools: a new LEIP forward?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog outlines plans for the next phase of school investment.
SPICe FAQ – Higher Education student funding in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutes SPICe regularly receives enquiries from MSPs and their staff on behalf of constituents looking for information on funding for undergraduate or postgraduate studies. This blog