Debate and commentary on universities, schools and education policy in Scotland.
WRITING A MANIFESTO on Scottish education is not easy. Anecdotally, I hear reports of children vaping and playing on their
WHEN THE SCOTTISH SUN revealed that pupils as young as thirteen were being assigned work promoting SNP talking points from
SCOTTISH EDUCATION was once the gold standard of the world, but in the last twenty years has plummeted from being
DANNY KRUGER, Reform UK’s MP for East Wiltshire, credits reading C.S. Lewis with his conversion to Christianity. Most people know
I AM A LITTLE UNEASY when a Reformer says we should restore our Christian traditions. Not all Iron Age morality stands
THE ROSYTH SHIPYARD, tipped for major defence contracts, must import 300 Filipino welders to fill a critical skills gap. As
I RECENTLY STUDIED at a Scottish university and was shocked at what I discovered. I earn my crust as a
IT IS SOMETIMES SAID that the Scottish Parliament lacks powers to boost economic growth. That’s nonsense. This series of six
FOR NEARLY A DECADE in local government, I have challenged the SNP Scottish Government’s direction in education. I have spoken
LIFE isn’t fair, but how we sound matters. Hollywood knows it. It’s not enough to look good, you have to