Education

People across Scotland are being encouraged to learn something new or get back into education as The Open University is offering hundreds of free courses online.

More than 30,000 young Scots would learn to play pipes and drums if they had the chance but only 6000 are learning so far, according to a national charity.

Blind and partially sighted school children are gaining fewer qualifications than their classmates, prompting calls from a sight loss charity for action to close a “shocking and unnecessary gap in attainment”.

The number of teachers working in Scotland’s schools has risen to its highest level in the last decade.

Aberdeenshire Council’s Education and Children’s Services Committee will carry out a statutory consultation to close a Banchory school.

Youngsters from Tough Primary in Alford learned about homes and house building thanks to a company founded by one of the school’s famous former pupils.

A team of North East daredevils have been championed for their eco-friendly podium performance at the Scottish Parliament.

Cromar Future Group recently held the finals of its coding competition.

Birse Community Trust and Finzean Primary School welcomed a special visitor to Finzean last week for the launch of a new book.

Primary schools yet to receive a visit from the NSPCC’s free ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ programme are being urged to sign-up as soon as possible.

As Scottish Book Trust marks its 21st anniversary, the independent national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has launched a new fundraising campaign to provide crucial support to vulnerable families and help fight the effects of living in poverty through reading and books.

Secondary pupils across Aberdeen City and Shire are preparing to put their physics, maths, chemistry and geology skills to the test to solve an energy industry challenge.

School children across the North-east of Scotland are being challenged by Scottish Water to come up with calendar designs based on a water efficiency theme.

Aberdeenshire councillors have agreed a number of key workstreams to progress with the devolution of school budgets.

Children with special needs are increasingly being “forced” out of mainstream education despite new legal protections, a disability charity has warned.

It won’t be just the pupils that will be learning when the new session begins, Aberdeenshire’s latest intake of probationer teachers officially start their careers in the classroom soon.