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Vulnerable children missing out on support due to Highland Council ‘algorithm’

Vulnerable children missing out on support due to Highland Council ‘algorithm’

Vulnerable children missing out on support due to Highland Council ‘algorithm’

06 September 2024

Parents says additional support is not available where it should be as the focus is now on kids from deprived backgrounds.


Children’s Panel seeks volunteers in the Highlands

Children’s Panel seeks volunteers in the Highlands

Children’s Panel seeks volunteers in the Highlands

02 September 2024

Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System is seeking new volunteer panel members to make decisions in the interests of infants, children and young people.


Highland Council has the highest education vacancy rate in Scotland amid concerns about temporary contracts

Highland Council has the highest education vacancy rate in Scotland amid concerns about temporary contracts

Highland Council has the highest education vacancy rate in Scotland amid concerns about temporary contracts

30 August 2024

Opposition leader Alasdair Christie says ‘the question must be asked what damage or impact is it having on our children’s education.


Strathspey pupils to explore space outside the classroom

Strathspey pupils to explore space outside the classroom

Strathspey pupils to explore space outside the classroom

26 August 2024

More than 200 Grantown pupils will be exploring robotics, mathematics, and space in unique private-public STEM collaboration


NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter

NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter

NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter

25 August 2024

NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter and said it is as easy as a wee scoosh up the nose.


EXCLUSIVE: Probe into teacher’s ‘inappropriate behaviour’ to teenage girl unearths litany of staff ‘failings’

EXCLUSIVE: Probe into teacher’s ‘inappropriate behaviour’ to teenage girl unearths litany of staff ‘failings’

EXCLUSIVE: Probe into teacher’s ‘inappropriate behaviour’ to teenage girl unearths litany of staff ‘failings’

23 August 2024

Highland Council upheld complaints concerning two other members of staff, one of whom was described as ‘hostile’ to the teenager.


Kingussie pupils have designs on new game qualifications

Kingussie pupils have designs on new game qualifications

Kingussie pupils have designs on new game qualifications

18 August 2024

Higher and Advanced Higher computing science candidates offered chance to supplement their learning


Mixed picture for SQA exam results in the Highlands

Mixed picture for SQA exam results in the Highlands

Mixed picture for SQA exam results in the Highlands

06 August 2024

Today’s results are the first since 2019 that do not have any adjustments for Covid impact


Death of trailblazing Highland politician and UHI catalyst prompts flood of tributes

Death of trailblazing Highland politician and UHI catalyst prompts flood of tributes

Death of trailblazing Highland politician and UHI catalyst prompts flood of tributes

20 July 2024

‘Val was driven by a determination to ensure every young person in the Highlands had an opportunity to thrive.’


Apology issued to angry parents after IT misery hits High Life Highland School’s Out bookings website

Apology issued to angry parents after IT misery hits High Life Highland School’s Out bookings website

Apology issued to angry parents after IT misery hits High Life Highland School’s Out bookings website

05 June 2024

A "massive apology" has been issued by High Life Highland after "unprecedented demand" caused technical issues on its School's Out bookings website.


Highland Council to assist hospice and UHI Inverness with application for end-of-life discussion project

Highland Council to assist hospice and UHI Inverness with application for end-of-life discussion project

Highland Council to assist hospice and UHI Inverness with application for end-of-life discussion project

30 May 2024

Highland Council will work with UHI Inverness and Highland Hospice to improve their bid for funding for a project to enable end-of-life conversations.


Population timebomb fears after ‘extremely worrying’ school roll projections by Highland Council, say business leaders

Population timebomb fears after ‘extremely worrying’ school roll projections by Highland Council, say business leaders

Population timebomb fears after ‘extremely worrying’ school roll projections by Highland Council, say business leaders

22 May 2024

“Extremely worrying” population changes in the Highlands risk an “irreversible” demographic timebomb, experts and leading business figures fear.


Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

20 May 2024

He says ‘I can't think of anything in Britain that has really improved. I can't think of a single thing’ but ‘I'm hopeful of change’.


Kingussie’s really surreal art show

Kingussie’s really surreal art show

Kingussie’s really surreal art show

29 April 2024

Last month’s extraordinary artwork from Kingussie High students took us all on a journey from the real to the surreal


Travelling gallery set to visit three Highland venues next week

Travelling gallery set to visit three Highland venues next week

Travelling gallery set to visit three Highland venues next week

24 April 2024

A mobile art exhibit is set to return to the Highlands with its latest exhibition “A Bonnie Way: Unravelling the seduction of the countryside”.


Industrial action had ‘minimal impact’ on college operations, UHI Inverness say

Industrial action had ‘minimal impact’ on college operations, UHI Inverness say

Industrial action had ‘minimal impact’ on college operations, UHI Inverness say

23 April 2024

UHI Inverness say they will continue to support the talks between the trade unions and College Employers Scotland.


Highland MSP joins UHI Inverness staff on picket line over fair pay for lecturers

Highland MSP joins UHI Inverness staff on picket line over fair pay for lecturers

Highland MSP joins UHI Inverness staff on picket line over fair pay for lecturers

22 April 2024

MSP Rhoda Grant has branded pay as “clearly inadequate”.


Highland Council’s education boss Nicky Grant leaves £105,487 a year job after two months on ‘approved leave’

Highland Council’s education boss Nicky Grant leaves £105,487 a year job after two months on ‘approved leave’

Highland Council’s education boss Nicky Grant leaves £105,487 a year job after two months on ‘approved leave’

19 April 2024

The local authority claims she would be leaving the role after just under three years ‘to pursue other interests’.


MSPs slam Highland Council changes to school access they say ‘undermines the democratic process’

MSPs slam Highland Council changes to school access they say ‘undermines the democratic process’

MSPs slam Highland Council changes to school access they say ‘undermines the democratic process’

17 April 2024

Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’


Highland Council officials accused of ‘an assault’ on elected representatives roles over school access

Highland Council officials accused of ‘an assault’ on elected representatives roles over school access

Highland Council officials accused of ‘an assault’ on elected representatives roles over school access

17 April 2024

Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.


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