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Tag: the scottish government

Docs scheme flops

A SCHEME to recruit 100 extra GPs by offering them a £20,000 incentive has flopped after only a third of that number received the...

Scottish schools “exploiting probationer teachers to cover staff shortages”

SCHOOLS are exploiting trainee teachers by using them to provide classroom cover for staff shortages - a senior education watchdog has claimed. Probationary teachers -...

Student loan company blasted for spending £113,000 a day on temps

  A STUDENT loan company has been blasted by government officials for spending £113,000 a day on temps. The Student Loans Company (SLC) has admitted hiring...

27% of secondary school pupils believe that saying no to sex does not always mean no

MORE than a quarter of Scottish secondary school pupils believe that saying no to sex does not always mean no, according to a major...

Alarming rate of death certificate errors

HUNDREDS of death certificates have been filled out incorrectly by blundering officials. Mistakes include inaccurate causes of death, errors in the sequences of events leading...

Number of football fans banned from matches TREBLES in two years

THE number of thugs banned from football matches in Scotland has almost trebled over the past three years. Government figures show the number of Football...

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