Education

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.

Scrutiny of exam results in the Highlands has prompted starkly different assessments.

Highland Council says data shows improvements made as young people receive their SQA exam results today.

Childline is giving free, confidential support and advice to young people under the age of 19 at www.childline.org.uk or by phone on 0800 1111.

Postgrad students at UHI have rated their study experience as the best in Scotland in a UK-wide survey for the second year in a row.

On results day, SQA will open its helpline at 8am to answer learners’ questions about their certificates.

Highland pupils are facing the threat of possible fresh school closures in September after a union began strike balloting.

All of Sutherland's 16 primary schools took part in the Coronation Art Competition.

North MP says parents have been "denied a voice" on the controversial issue

Every student is guaranteed an interview for a job and employers have signed up to guaranteed employment of 75 per cent of the successful graduates.

Local authority says it has no statutory obligation to deliver nursery provision

An inspector made an unannounced visit to the nursery, which has places for up to 10 pre-school children, on May 17.

UHI North Highland will join with UHI Outer Hebrides and UHI West Highland on August 1

Head teacher Mark Evans presented achievement certificates, awards and trophies.

Parents have vowed to fight a "disgraceful" plan by Highland Council to mothball the nursery at Dunbeath primary school.

A 25-year-old message in a bottle found on far north coast could help teach a new generation of children about the dangers of plastic pollution.

John Naples-Campbell succeeds Graeme Smart who retires this week after 13 years at the remote, 30-pupil north-west Sutherland secondary.

The remote school, which has only 30 pupils on its roll, had had to battle to retain its modern languages teacher for the 2023/24 year.

The educational aspects of the Littleferry project are an essential part of its ethos.

The Goblin car initiative is run by Greenpower Education Trust, a UK based charity.