James McEnaney
Freelance Journalist at The Herald (Scotland)
Journalist & former teacher | The Herald education writer | Buy some books: https://t.co/1In5J8vez8 | He/him | Very much my views
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3 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | James McEnaney
Dr Wallace Jaffray, Dr Marcello Ferrera, and PhD researcher Sven Stengel in their lab at Heriot-Watt University. (Image: Heriot-Watt University) Even before I arrived at Dr Marcello Ferrera’s office in Heriot Watt University, I knew that I might be out of my depth. I had read the release about the work that he and his team had carried out, and understood all of the words – but that was about it.
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5 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | James McEnaney
This year, the National Gallery worked with four groups – LIFT Kids Club in Edinburgh, Victoria Primary and Nursery School in Falkirk, Redhall School in Edinburgh, and Oban High School – and the resulting artwork is now on display for public viewing. The participating schools were chosen in the spring of 2024, with the work with artists taking place on ten days, spread over ten weeks, in the following autumn.
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5 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | James McEnaney
The SQA was forced to release information about appeal rates under its Exam Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service (EECCS). Scotland’s only exam-board rejects up to 90% of appeals where a student has suffered a bereavement, The Herald can exclusively reveal. Those with medical conditions who sit the exam are also unlikely to have appeals accepted, with just 22% of such requests leading to grade changes in 2024.
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6 days ago |
heraldscotland.com | James McEnaney |Garrett Stell
Sign up for Lessons to Learn and get a weekly expert insight into Scottish education (Image: Derek McArthur) This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. Parents in the Scottish Borders have a dilemma. On the one hand, they may have won a significant concession from the council and a promise that their nurseries will stay open this year. On the other hand, to put it bluntly, these parents feel they have been burned before.
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | James McEnaney
Sign up for Lessons to Learn and get a weekly expert insight into Scottish education (Image: Derek McArthur) This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. This week The Herald has published a special report on child poverty in Scotland.
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