TES Scotland
27/09/2013 00:00
Published in TESS on 27 September, 2013 | By: Julia Belgutay
"Low morale is rife in college hailed as a model for regionalisation
Staff at Scotland’s biggest college, which has been hailed as an example for other merging institutions to follow, are unhappy and “feel...
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02/08/2013 00:00
The Bill is passed - what now for Colleges' future? 2 August 2013
"The latest post-16 education reforms mark the most significant changes to the sector in a generation, with wholesale reorganisation of the structure and governance of institutions, but not everyone agrees that the new...
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02/08/2013 00:00
Regional set-up leaves influential Scots behind and looks to geography
Today marks a new dawn for further education in Scotland, with months of talks having paved the way for the opening of four new colleges.
But as the sector welcomes Ayrshire College, Fife College, Glasgow Clyde College and West...
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02/08/2013 00:00
New NUS chief inspired by 'rough' schooldays
Gordon Maloney talks to TESS about student activism and his next steps
Gordon Maloney may have been the president of NUS Scotland for only a few weeks - but it is a role for which he has been preparing for many years.
Speaking exclusively to TESS,...
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02/08/2013 00:00
It's down to colleges to pick up the bill 2 August 2013
"This week was another historic one for Scotland's further education sector with the arrival of four new regional colleges - all officially launched yesterday. They are the first to have come formally into existence since the...
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12/07/2013 00:00
Funding council says setting up a charitable trust could help lay fiscal fears to rest!
"Colleges in Scotland could establish charitable trusts as a way to avoid losing reserves and financial surpluses, according to a paper from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC)."
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04/07/2013 00:00
Post-16 bill hailed as legislative landmark
"The Scottish Parliament has passed landmark legislation, which has been praised as the most significant reform programme of the post-16 sector in a generation."
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04/07/2013 00:00
'Brave new dawn' for nautical science and marine engineering
"City of Glasgow College is to open the first maritime training college in Angola next month, a year later than originally planned."
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04/07/2013 00:00
Salaries, holidays and working hours show wide disparities, SFC survey finds
"Staff can earn twice as much in one college as in another for doing a similar job, according to a survey that reveals the scale of the disparities in pay and conditions in Scotland's colleges."
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28/06/2013 00:00
Vital international visits for college staff have been grounded, but when they do start again, what will we say?
"Before austerity, a little of my working time was spent organising international visits for college staff. We visited colleges, engaged with their staff, presented at conferences and...
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