Tag: teaching

Get women into “male” careers by making science compulsory at school

Deadline News Journalist - September 25, 2015

SCIENCE should be compulsory in Scottish secondary schools to encourage more women into careers in “male” industries such as engineering. Gijsbert Stoet, a psychologist at...

Postcode lottery means some students are missing out on two years of teaching

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - August 21, 2015

THINK TANK Reform Scotland has issued new research showing a huge variance in the number of hours of teaching time offered in state schools across...

Education boss says Scots need to return to 19th century teaching

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - July 31, 2015

AN education boss has called on Scotland to improve school standards - by returning to 19th century teaching principles. North Ayrshire education director John Butcher...

Financial education provision failing girls

UK & World

Deadline News Journalist - July 17, 2015

TEENAGE girls in the UK are receiving significantly less financial education in school than boys, according to a report released today. The Young Persons’ Money...