Reading Time: 6 minutesOn Tuesday 24 November 2020, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 3. This blog looks at the
Tag: Education
Positive progression: The future of college to university pathways
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis 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 minutesThis 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 minutesBlog looking at the development of education Regional Improvement Collaboratives.
The price of free tuition in Scotland
Reading Time: 9 minutesA 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 minutesA look at the approach to education policy and resulting challenges for the Parliament.
Scotland’s schools: a new LEIP forward?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog outlines plans for the next phase of school investment.
How can academics engage with SPICe and the Scottish Parliament?
Reading Time: 4 minutesRelevant, credible, and independent research is essential for good scrutiny and debate. Within the Scottish Parliament, research is used for many purposes including committee work,
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
Drop-out and returns: UK students at Scottish universities
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is the second blog about students dropping out of university. The first blog considered statistics published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on