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Graduating students. Picture: David Cheskin/PA

Exclusive SNP told to open 'urgent' talks on university funding model

The SRUC is making changes to its operations at Elmwood College (Pic: Submitted)

Cash-strapped Scottish college reveals closure plans for course and building

L-R Liz McConnachie, Willie Rennie and student Che Pringle

Willie Rennie visits Corseford College following £1.4m funding deal

The Scottish Borders Council headquarters in Newtown St Boswells

Scottish council plans 10% tax hike as SNP ministers announce reform push

New Turkish ferries delay 'double whammy' after Ferguson Marine fiasco

Campaigners who have been affected by the Raac concrete scandal protested outside the Scottish Parliament earlier this month

Scottish college reviewing future of campus containing dangerous Raac

Raac at UHI Moray

SNP urged to act over £775m repair bill for Scotland's colleges

Sanjeev Gupta is being prosecuted by Companies House for failing to file accounts for more than 70 companies listed in Britain

Axe threatens for Scottish steel workers as Sanjeev Gupta prosecuted

Analysis Sunak’s last visit to Scotland signals end of ‘zombie government’

Wendy Chamberlain, Amy Callaghan, and Michael Shanks

How to win a marginal seat in Scotland according to those who have managed it

Why the Liberal Democrats are the kings of the election photocall David Green

The Glen Sannox, which was launched prematurely in 2017 with painted-on windows, has been subject to repeated delays, and is now scheduled to be delivered exactly six years late.

Delayed Glen Sannox wage bill hits £3.5m despite yet to carry passengers

Sharp declines in numbers of maths and physics teachers raise huge concerns Scotsman comment

School pupils in a classroom. Image: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

SNP ministers urged to act on schools 'crisis' amid fall in STEM teacher numbers

Exclusive ‘Shocking’ pupil commutes of up to 87 miles to study key subjects in Scotland

The state of NHS dentistry is not just about teeth - but life and death too Willie Rennie

Scots are being forced to travel abroad and perform dentistry on themselves because of a lack of NHS dentists in Scotland. Image: Rui Vieira/Press Association.

Scots travelling thousands of miles for dental care in India

Exclusive Humza Yousaf and Shona Robison hold crunch talks with council leaders

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International education blueprint fails to address risks of 'over exposure'

Public Health Scotland said MUP had reduced deaths directly caused by alcohol consumption

Ministers ‘poised to hike minimum unit price of alcohol’ in Scotland

Exclusive Education Scotland leaving posts unfilled after budget warning to SNP minister

Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

More than 1,300 Scottish teachers quit profession within five years

Scottish Labour and the Scottish Lib Dems have hit out at the Scottish Government's Warm Homes Scotland scheme.

Government told it could take 100 years to help heat homes in need

03-10-2023. Picture Michael Gillen. REDDINGMUIRHED. Braes High School. Visit by Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth visits Braes High School to see the innovative measures the pupils and staff are taking to help tackle the cost of the school day as part of Challenge Poverty Week. Jenny Gilruth.

SNP delayed education reforms to avoid 'mistakes' of Curriculum for Excellence

The number of Scots who are satisfied with the quality of their local health services, schools and public transport has fallen from 53 per cent in 2019 to just 40 per cent (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Only two-in-five Scots satisfied with key public services

Alex Cole-Hamlton: Sluggishness is my word of the year for Holyrood Alex Cole-Hamilton

First Minister Humza Yousaf addresses delegates on the first day of the STUC Congress in Dundee in April

SNP 'wedded to secrecy' as significant Freedom of Information reform rejected

Exclusive SNP ministers delay laptop for every pupil policy again, saving £14m

Minister for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Angus Robertson in the main chamber at the Scottish Parliament

Independent Scotland in EU would face 'issues' with UK cross-border trade

Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville with minister for migration and refugees Emma Roddick (right) and minister for independence Jamie Hepburn (left) at the launch of the sixth paper in the Building a New Scotland series, at the V&A in Dundee. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Points-based immigration system 'could be introduced' in indy Scotland

Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

Young Scots put off careers in teaching as a third of training places unfilled

Sir Geoff Palmer, who headed the steering group which recommended a national museum of slavery and empire for Scotland, said progress was being made on the proposal at government level. PIC: Phil Wilkinson.

Scotland's national slavery museum needs to progress 'at greater speed'

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Debate calling for council tax hike proposals to be scrapped to be heard

Prestwick Airport has been owned by the Scottish Government since 2013

Scottish Government spent £2.5m trying to sell Prestwick Airport

Disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel, Photo: Contributed

Demand for health board to resign over failing to act on disgraced surgeon

Exclusive Scrapping CMAL to create dedicated ferries agency to be considered by ministers

Ministers bought Prestwick Airport for a nominal £1 in 2013 to avert its closure. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Prestwick Airport sale: Potential buyer pledges ‘significant’ investment

The Scotland census had a final response rate of less than 90 per cent. Picture: PA

Report into census to be completed by end of 2024 as £140m cost revealed

Nicola Sturgeon should acknowledge her failings in forthcoming memoir (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon has little to be proud of, with one honourable exception

The Liberal Democrats have raised concerns about the use of WhatsApp in the Scottish Government

Watchdog urged to launch probe into Scottish Government use of WhatsApp

Exclusive CMAL keep secret cost to taxpayer of KC investigating 'rigged' ferry contract

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Concern after number of nursery teachers almost halves in a decade
The Liberal Democrats accused SNP ministers of ‘draining nurseries of specialist expertise’

Nursery education is important for children as well as working parents (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Fall in number of nursery teachers casts doubt on SNP's commitment to childcare

The MV Hebridean Isles has been out of action since February. Picture: Mn28/Wikimedia Commons

Ferry compensation calls as disruption caused by CalMac 'mayhem' revealed

A university graduation. A pilot to replace the Erasmus scheme will be launched in the next few months, Scotland's higher education minister has said

SNP's Erasmus replacement pilot project could be launched 'this year'

Andrew Miller (covered) being led from Selkirk Sheriff Court following an earlier hearing.

The embodiment of the problem many feminist campaigners have highlighted

Staff at Craignure on the Isle of Mull have spoken out about ongoing pressures

CalMac staff taken to 'brink' amid ferries fiasco as compensation payments soar

Reported incidents have reached record highs compared with figures from the last five years

Violence in Scottish schools risks becoming 'national scandal'

A total of 238 schools have reported deficits for 2021/22 in Scotland

One in ten Scottish schools record 'shocking' deficit

School violence: education minister says pupils are struggling post-lockdown

Primary school pupil attendance in Edinburgh has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Picture: PA

Edinburgh school attendance rates fail to recover from Covid-19 disruption

Monklands Hospital in Airdrie

200 sewage leaks recorded in Scottish hospitals in five years

More than 300,000 staff days have been lost to mental health in Scotland's schools and nurseries, new figures show. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

More than 300k staff days lost in schools to mental health

The number of public toilets has fallen in recent years

Public toilets disappearing across Scotland, figures show

Illegally dumped rubbish can cause serious harm to the environment, polluting land and water and posing a danger to wild animals and livestock, and costs millions of pounds in clean-up costs each year

Calls for tougher action to punish criminals and stamp out fly-tipping

Lochmaddy, with the MV Hebrides ferry in port. Picture: Brian_D_Anderson/Shutterstock

Turkish shipyard named preferred bidder for island ferries contract

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries