Education

Far north MP Jamie Stone has blamed the SNP for a “continuous decline in education standards”, even though teachers are doing “their level best”.

‘Val was driven by a determination to ensure every young person in the Highlands had an opportunity to thrive.’

South African academics have been welcomed to the Highlands as part of an exchange link up involving the University of the Highlands and Islands.

Pupils at an east Sutherland primary school have been taking positive climate action with the help of Timespan.

Pupils chose to purchase a pair of what they have dubbed, “friendship benches”.

Families in Caithness and north Sutherland are urged to complete the survey.

A movie partnership is heralding in a new education programme for UHI film and TV students.

Pupils at Farr High School were each presented with a cheque for £500 after leaving school.

Footballer and history teacher Neil Moir says he wants to “give back” to the Tain area after five years.

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.

It was a fun-filled day at Farr Primary School on Thursday, June 20.

Kinlochbervie High School held its awards ceremony on Wednesday.

Dornoch Academy is bucking the trend with increasing pupils numbers as school rolls across the Highlands fall.

Golspie High School’s annual awards ceremony was held in the school’s assembly hall last Friday.

Hundreds of UHI Inverness members of staff gathered at a conference this week to take part in workshops and hear from the Invergordon guest speaker.

Pupils from Ullapool nursery won a competition to name a new mascot — Logsy an Losgann, roughly translating to, Froggy the Frog.

Mental health among young people was front and centre when the annual Highland Youth Parliament launched in Inverness today.

West-coast parents are determined to have a “constructive” meeting with two major politicians on Thursday morning, after months of campaigning.

Inspectors from Education Scotland visited Farr High School in Bettyhill in March.

After stopping for its usual festive break, the Far North mobile library has not returned to Tongue Primary School.