Education

A HARD-working Helmsdale student has won a significant academic award.

Enterprising pupils at Rogart Primary School will be washing cars tomorrow and Sunday as part of a fundraising drive.

Highland Council has finally opened its new nursery in Tongue following months of delay.

Scottish Conservative leader MP Douglas Ross aims to overhaul education in Scotland with an ambitious £550 million investment in 3000 new teachers.

The cash will be delivered over the next two years and will go directly on hiring staff to support education through the pandemic

A school's parent council has praised its rector for putting pupils' wellbeing first.

A pupil at Dornoch Academy has tested positive for Covid-19 – while 68 others have been asked to self-isolate.

New primary one pupils have been settling in at schools across the far north.

A newly qualified hair stylist has thanked the Golspie businesswoman who gave her the opportunity of training in her chosen career.

The University of the Highlands and Islands has been rated highly in a UK-wide survey of postgraduate students.

A recruitment campaign aimed at filling promoted teacher posts across the Highlands – amongst them one in Easter Ross – is bearing fruit.

A Wester Ross teenager has earned a place in the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Development Band.

A FUNDRAISING drive is under way in a bid to revitalise a decades old Sutherland community playpark.

Secondary school students have raised vital funds and awareness for charities in their communities, addressing a range of social issues.

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Sutherland primary school pupils have raised more than £800 for Eden Court Theatre.

Children will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and school buses from next Monday

Bright as a button and smart as new pins, four and five-year-olds across Sutherland are embarking on their long school journey.

The accident on the A9 south of Aviemorehappened at about 4.15pm today

The principal and chief executive of North Highland College UHI is set to retire at the end of September.