
Lucy Adams
Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC Scotland at BBC
Social Affairs Correspondent @BBCScotlandNews and @BBCDisclosure sometimes @BBCPanorama. Senior Fellow with @JSchofieldTrust. Get in touch: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
expressandstar.com | Lucy Adams
South Staffordshire’s flagship business support programme, Start in South Staffs, has been extended for another year—offering continued guidance and resources to new and early-stage businesses across the district.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Lucy Adams
Teachers want clarity on single-sex spaces in schoolsLucy AdamsPA MediaTeachers are calling on the Scottish government to urgently publish new guidance on how schools should deal with single-sex spaces. The union says schools "don't have the luxury of waiting for updated guidance" because the ruling means they are required to comply with the Equality Act now.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Lucy Adams
Primary pupils should get hate speech warning - unionLucy AdamsBBC Scotland education correspondentGetty ImagesA teachers' union is calling for primary school pupils to be educated in the dangers of hate speech from online influencers. At its annual conference in Glasgow later, NASUWT president David Anderson will say racism and misogyny is a growing concern in schools and more needs to be done to tackle online extremism.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Lucy Adams
Scottish education is broken says teachers' leaderLucy AdamsPA MediaThe head of Scotland's second largest teaching union has told the BBC that "education is broken". Stuart Hunter, president of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association (SSTA), said the schools system "has passed the tipping point leading to crisis". Among the issues he highlighted was schools being overwhelmed by an "explosion" in children with additional support needs (ASN), including dyslexia and ADHD.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Lucy Adams
Scotland's school exam season is getting under way, with more than 132,000 candidates sitting National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers over the next month. Recent years have seen turbulence in Scottish education with concerns over falling standards and a failure to tackle the attainment gap. Last year Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said the results were "not good enough". What's the problem?
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