Education
St Leonards students achieve outstanding set of IB exam results
Sixth Form Students at St Leonards School in St Andrews have achieved outstanding results in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. Praised for strong academic achievement in the Sixth Form, St Leonards is Scotland’s Independent School of the Year 2019, named by the Sunday Times Schools Guide. It is the first school in Scotland to be…
Read MoreFirst class education and a first class mum
Silvia Divine has managed to juggle the challenges of getting married and having a baby with her studies to gain a first-class honours degree in Horticulture. The 29-year-old was also awarded the prestigious Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Silver Medal and the SRUC Trust Prize for best fourth year student on her course. Silvia,…
Read MoreWorrying figures for deaf school children in Scotland
Less than one in three deaf pupils in Scotland get to university and one in ten leave school with no qualifications at all. According to findings, less than one in three deaf pupils (29%) go to university, compared to almost half (45%) of their hearing classmates. The gap is even wider for gaining Highers and…
Read MoreA life in the great outdoors at Ardvreck School
Most childhoods are looked back on fondly, with memories of endless exploration and curiosity. Children can spend hours playing around outside, letting their imagination run riot and get the better of them, and return in time for supper bruised, battered and covered in mud, but nonetheless happy. Ardvreck is a prep school in Crieff that…
Read MoreHonorary degree for organic farming inspiration
An organic farming expert has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). Dr Nic Lampkin has a strong track record of working on the economic and policy aspects of organic farming, as well as playing a wider role in the development of agroecological approaches to farming. He has been a key player…
Read More£200 grants for students writing on Scottish rewilding
Countryside and environment students are being offered a grant of up to £200 for dissertations about rewilding in Scotland. The Reforesting Scotland Student Bursary can be used to help with transport, materials and living costs associated with doing a dissertation on the theme of ecological restoration. Reforesting Scotland aims to promote a sustainable forest culture…
Read MoreSchool introduces new iDEAs to upskill community
Lomond School has welcomed a new programme that encourages people of all ages to develop their digital skills from coding and automation, to GDPR, fake news and cyber security. As part of its commitment to lifelong learning, the online platform, The Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA), has been launched within the school,…
Read MoreEducational trust ambassador role for restaurateur
Countryside education charity the Royal Highland Education Trust has appointed Carina Contini as its first ever ambassador. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, RHET is delighted to have the support and voice of Carina, a successful Edinburgh business woman, restaurateur and food writer, who is passionate about using local produce in her establishments and the importance of…
Read MoreTeachers cycled the North Coast 500 route for charity
A team of school teachers cycled the equivalent of the height of Everest over the course of their North Coast 500 challenge to raise money for Scottish Charity Air Ambulance. Pupils at Ardvreck Preparatory School in Crieff, Perthshire, are known for their adventurous spirit, but this time it is their inspiring teachers who have wowed…
Read MoreThe hilarious exploits of life on a college campus
The Dean’s Diaries follows the activities, on and off campus, of the Dean of the ancient and illustrious St Andrew’s College. Curious errors in the press coverage of both the the Giant Squid incident and the antimatter explosion are corrected, and the Dean muses on subjects ranging from physics to Anglo American relations, via the…
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