A young apprentice who struggled at school and faced knockbacks from several companies is now thriving at aerospace engineering company Leonardo in Edinburgh and is in the running for a prestigious UK award.
Heriot-Watt University’s graduate apprenticeships initiative, already one of the largest of its kind, is poised to welcome a record number of candidates.
It’s hard to imagine Morningside being the scene of an anti-Catholic riot as recently as 1935, and bar one or two morons at football, in the 26 years I’ve lived in Edinburgh sectarianism has never reared its head.
A STUDENT union has been slammed for a number of job adverts attempting to recruit new staff on zero hours terms - despite previously criticising employers for "misusing" the controversial contracts.
Limiting children’s ability to take part in climate change strikes silences their voice and undermines the very values that Curriculum for Excellence is meant to instil, writes Daniel Johnson MSP.
YOUTH climate protesters have accused education bosses of labelling them “truants” amid proposals to limit authorised absences to take part in demonstrations to one per school year.
Last week heralded one year to go before we have to meet the ambitious target of providing an additional 1140 hours funded early learning and childcare in Edinburgh.
PUPILS are set to be restricted to missing just one school day a year to protest against the climate emergency – amid officials warning “there is no appropriate exemption in the law” to give permission.
These is a lot of pressure put on students to perform well in their school exams - but if you don't make the grades, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world.
