Education
College staff given option to go or fight for top roles
BOSSES at the city’s new “super college” have been offered the chance to apply for voluntary redundancy as it seeks to implement a 60 per cent reduction in management roles.
City races to resolve school saga in bid to avoid costs rise
EDUCATION chiefs have just over a month to enter into an arranged contract to build the new Portobello High School on a community park or risk having to start the process again, leading to further costs and delays.
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School catchments may be tweaked to encourage housing
School catchment areas in West Lothian are set to be re-drawn in a bid to move forward the development of much-needed housing.
Quest to establish Porty Park status to cost £60k
EDINBURGH City Council is set to pay more than £60,000 to confirm the status of Portobello Park as it continues to fight for a new school to be built on the green space.
44 commentsLib Dems rubbish college merger cash saving claims
the soaring cost of creating Edinburgh’s new “super college” is a setback for the Scottish Government’s claim that college mergers will save cash, the Liberal Democrats have said.
We’ve taught for 30 years, one vote makes us school
IT has been teaching pupils for more than 30 years – but only now can it call itself a school.
1 commentAnger as scabies outbreak at college salon kept quiet
HEALTH chiefs have come under fire after failing to tell beauty treatment clients they had potentially been exposed to scabies at a college salon.
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Larry Flanagan: Schools need phone rules
TO text or not to text, that is the question. The recently published report on behaviour in Scottish schools has revealed growing concern amongst teachers at the level of mobile phone misuse in schools.
1 commentLabour politicians withdraw report on high school talks
A REPORT produced by three Labour politicians following a public meeting to discuss the best way forward for the new Portobello High School has been scrapped.
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Focus on fun for kids at National Museum of Scotland
SCHOOL’S out, and parents everywhere will be faced with the perennial dilemma of how to keep their children entertained and active during the half-term break.
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Holyrood chiefs ‘can overturn Porty ruling’
MINISTERS have the power to overturn a court ruling and ensure that Portobello High School is built on a community park, a Lothians MSP said today.
21 commentsLecturers set to vote for strike action
LECTURERS across Edinburgh and the Lothians are set to take strike action following a dispute over their pay.
Creation of ‘super college’ to break mergers budget
THE creation of Edinburgh’s new “super college” is set to cost more than £17 million, breaking the total budget given by the Scottish Government for college mergers across Scotland.
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More Capital school leavers beating the dole queue
MORE city school leavers are going into work, training or further education, new figures have shown, but hundreds continue to join the dole queue.
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Alarm bells ring as school call-out numbers rocket
FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to more than 900 false alarms at schools, nurseries, colleges and universities across the Lothians over the last year.
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Community scheme offers a way back to the future for young Edinburgh mums
TEENAGER Jessica Laird was on the brink of dropping out of school. At the age of just 16, she had moved out of home and would rarely appear for classes... then she discovered she was pregnant. With no career prospects, she faced becoming another statistic.
1 commentArmed forces visit schools 200 times in just two years
CONCERNS have been raised over the number of military visits to schools after it was revealed that the armed forces have made more than 200 trips to Capital schools and colleges in the space of two years.
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‘Vulture’ cries as city backs closure consultation plans
ANGRY parents have hit out at the city council after it approved plans to consult on the closure of Castlebrae Community High School following poor exam results and a falling school roll.
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Battle lines are drawn in school closure challenge
CONTROVERSIAL plans to close a city school have been challenged by two senior politicians who have drawn up “eight red lines” which they say cannot be crossed.
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Parents face jail over kids’ truancy
PARENTS accused of failing to ensure their children attend school are facing criminal proceedings in the first move of its kind by the city council, the Evening News can reveal.
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Porty campaigners urge community to help them take fight for park site to law lords and politicians
CAMPAIGNERS pressing for a new high school to be built on Portobello Park have taken their message to the streets to put pressure on law lords and politicians.
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Students hit heights at new college
STUDENTS gathered on Calton Hill to celebrate the opening of the new Edinburgh College.
Demonstrators call for council rethink on plan to close Castlebrae High
PLANS to close Castlebrae High will “rip the heart out of the local community”, parents, pupils and community leaders warned at a demonstration.
6 commentsSchool wins cycle award
Liberton High School has been presented with Scotland’s fifth Cycle Friendly Secondary School award by Cycling Scotland.
1 commentNew college opens doors
THE newly-formed Edinburgh College – created through the merger of three Lothian colleges – will open on Monday.
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Law query adds to park strife in bid to get new Portobello High School built
EDUCATION chiefs are going back to the drawing board and reopening the debate over who owns Portobello Park after a land expert raised questions over its common good status.
31 commentsLothians lecturers urged to vote for strike action
Lecturers across Edinburgh and the Lothians are being urged to vote for strike action by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS).
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