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Yesterday

30th Jul 2025

Slight rise in Scots from deprived areas starting full-time degrees
New data also shows a steady rise in Scottish care-experienced students undertaking their first full-time degree
Graduates at university

Tuesday

29th Jul 2025

Address sexist views of ‘sizeable minority’ of Scottish boys, say researchers
A third of boys agree that a girl wearing revealing clothing is ‘asking for trouble’, finds survey involving thousands of Scottish secondary students
Address sexist views of 'sizeable minority' of Scottish boys, say researchers

Thursday

17th Jul 2025

Ofqual: Rise in exam access arrangements was ‘overstated’
The exams regulator withdraws published data on students receiving access arrangements such as extra time
Ofqual has withdrawn published data on exam access arrangements, such as extra time

Monday

7th Jul 2025

IB results 2025: students score higher this year
International Baccalaureate results are out – here’s how students performed in the Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme
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New SQA chief executive sets out 6 initial priorities
Nick Page says ‘confusion’ about SQA’s role will be addressed as it prepares to be replaced by Qualifications Scotland
New SQA chief executive sets out 6 initial priorities

Monday

30th Jun 2025

NEU extends strike action at Outwood Grange over longer day
Teachers at 14 Outwood Grange secondaries will continue to take strike action through July
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Friday

27th Jun 2025

New SQA chief executive announced
Former council chief will lead Scotland’s qualifications body through reform after leaving his previous role in the wake of Ofsted criticism of children’s services following the killing of a six-year-old boy
Nick Page SQA chief

Thursday

26th Jun 2025

MSPs vote to replace SQA despite ‘rebrand’ criticism
The passing of legislation is an ‘opportunity missed’ to improve the learning environment of pupils, warns Scotland’s biggest teaching union
Painting wood

Monday

23rd Jun 2025

All teachers work beyond contracted hours, finds SSTA survey
‘Exhausted and burnt out’ teachers urgently need the long-promised reduction in class-contact time, says Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association
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Tuesday

17th Jun 2025

More school leavers in ‘positive destinations’ but university gap widens
The divide in university attendance between the most and least deprived school leavers grew to 34.7 percentage points for the 2023-24 cohort
Jumping over ice gap

Monday

16th Jun 2025

Hayward criticises failure to reform ‘unjust’ exam system
‘A fear that change might make things worse’ is holding the Scottish system back, warns the author of Scotland’s review of assessment and qualifications
Professor Louise Hayward

Thursday

12th Jun 2025

3 questions to tell teachers if AI use is appropriate
SQA guidance also includes subject-specific examples of acceptable and unacceptable use of GenAI tools – but the body warns that it is ‘impossible to create an exhaustive list’
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