Housekeeping note by qwertyfan August 10, 2020 0 The trolling and spam on this blog has got completely out of hand in recent times, particularly over the last... Read moreDetails
How the Education Secretary can save his job – Source by qwertyfan August 10, 2020 0 Education Secretary John Swinney has created the expectation of a major reversal on the SQA pupil grading system when he... Read moreDetails
Pandemic evictions notices served on hundreds of Scots by qwertyfan August 9, 2020 0 Hundreds of tenants in Scotland have been handed eviction notices since the beginning of lockdown, despite government advice for landlords... Read moreDetails
FFS explains: how were scottish pupils grades decided by qwertyfan August 7, 2020 0 Scottish school pupils received their grades for this year without sitting any spring exams for the first time since 1888... Read moreDetails
Police probing two bird of prey incidents on sporting estate by qwertyfan August 7, 2020 0 Two new incidents in which birds of prey are alleged to have been illegally killed on a sporting estate in... Read moreDetails
No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies by qwertyfan August 7, 2020 0 Not one of Scotland’s 48 listed companies features a Black executive on its senior management team while just six employ... Read moreDetails
Cecilia’s Cs – Source by qwertyfan August 7, 2020 0 Ahead of the pupil protest outside the SQA’s HQ today, it is worth thinking about the structural disadvantages facing young... Read moreDetails
Is Scotland really unique? – Part 3 – Newsnet.scot by qwertyfan August 6, 2020 0 Assynt North-West Highlands Part 3 of the response by Margaret Johnstone to Gerry Hassan’s article in The National, on those... Read moreDetails
Robin McAlpine: The foundations of Scotland’s democracy have crumbled and you should worry – Source by qwertyfan August 6, 2020 0 PICKING what to write about this week isn’t easy – I could happily unpack what I think is going on... Read moreDetails
Analysis: The ‘Zealots’ and the Great Scottish Green Energy Auction – Source by qwertyfan August 6, 2020 0 MANY have commented that the pandemic, and its wider impact on Scotland and the world’s economy and society, has sharpened... Read moreDetails