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#2151 |
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For a country that used to be renowned for our education system what on Earth has gone wrong with us?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...t-ever-rating/ Too much tinkering around the edges or not enough real thought put into it over the last ten years? |
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#2152 |
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Too much focus on constitutional whinging and not enough time spent on running the country.
Having 'flagship' policies that are only any good for people who do make it to university, rather than working to help get all school children has a lot to do with it too. Oh, and voting with the Tories to refuse the opportunity to raise funding for education is why it's not going to get better any time soon. |
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Again the issue I raised and what was answered in that link covers Edinburgh/Glasgow and Motherwell ... I am on about more Crosscountry/East Coast trains starting in Aberdeen and terminating say at York (example) as after a certain time us in the North East of Scotland have to make connections in Edinburgh and connections in Edinburgh vary to getting down south.
Example times: I can get a train to Newcastle from Dundee at 9.02am, 9.32am and then 11.03am after that I have to get a Scotrail train to Edinburgh to make the connection down its similar back up, yet from Newcastle there is more trains terminating in Edinburgh than Aberdeen! |
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For a country that used to be renowned for our education system what on Earth has gone wrong with us?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...t-ever-rating/ Too much tinkering around the edges or not enough real thought put into it over the last ten years? Notice very few regular posters appearing after these results published!! |
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Is it April already?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-38229169 Quote:
Glasgow Prestwick Airport has signed an agreement with Houston Spaceport as it continues its bid to become the UK's first launch site. From Blue Streak to Yellow Streak I guess..
The South Ayrshire airport is developing plans for a spaceport that could see the first satellites and rockets launched from the UK... ...Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell said: "This is good news for the future of spaceport development in Scotland and I am pleased to see such momentum behind it. "The UK government's Modern Transport Bill, to be published early next year, will help create the right legal framework for these new developments to progress. "A British spaceport would represent a new frontier for our country. It would create skilled jobs in a cutting-edge industry, and today's announcement means Prestwick is a frontrunner to boldly go at the forefront of this exciting new era of travel." |
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Not enough thought out I would suggest.
Notice very few regular posters appearing after these results published!! I imagine this will be brought up at FMQs this week for the usual he said she said slanging match that resembles a mini Westminster PMQ. |
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Another interesting survey.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politi..._finds_survey/ More Scots SNP supporters seem to have backed Brexit than Scots supporters of other parties. As the SNP support in the country approaches 50% of the electorate then 37% of them will be a far greater number than 37% of Labour supporters. I also see that some of our more extreme nationalist sites are dismissing the latest Poll which showed a drop in support for independence because too mane English folk were sampled. Along the lines of only the true Scot votes for independence.
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Another interesting survey.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politi..._finds_survey/ More Scots SNP supporters seem to have backed Brexit than Scots supporters of other parties. As the SNP support in the country approaches 50% of the electorate then 37% of them will be a far greater number than 37% of Labour supporters. I also see that some of our more extreme nationalist sites are dismissing the latest Poll which showed a drop in support for independence because too mane English folk were sampled. Along the lines of only the true Scot votes for independence.![]() http://www.natcen.ac.uk/news-media/p...eu-referendum/ http://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/131922...final-web2.pdf There's no actual break down of the vote in Scotland. |
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From Scotrail's disabled protection policy:
Passengers who have not booked assistance should notify our on board staff on boarding any ScotRail service in order to ensure our staff know they can offer appropriate assistance. While it is advisable to book at least 4 hours in advance it is not a prerequisite for receiving assistance. |
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Not enough thought out I would suggest.
Notice very few regular posters appearing after these results published!! Also.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-37826634 "We need to look at what was happening in schools when the students who were tested in 2015 began their education." And what was happening in schools 10 years ago is likely to be the result of policy measures implemented 20 years ago." |
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#2161 |
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Basically it's doomed as a passenger airport. |
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Whilst you might actually be right the survey in question is actually over the whole of the UK. There's no guarantee that the Leave vote in Scotland was the same as in the whole of the UK. This is why it's kind of essential to actually provide a link to source material.
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/news-media/p...eu-referendum/ http://www.natcen.ac.uk/media/131922...final-web2.pdf There's no actual break down of the vote in Scotland. Prior to the referendum there was a similar survey from YouGov suggesting Scottish Nats were far more likely to back to leave than Unionist party supporters. And how sad that scottish politics has become divided on Nationalist and Unionist lines. What a fantastic force for good the SNP have been.
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Will Mr Yusaf be sacked?
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Will Mr Yusaf be sacked?
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Basically it's doomed as a passenger airport.
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For a Road Traffic offence? Why on earth would he be sacked?
I presume from your reply that you think driving without insurance is OK? |
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For a Road Traffic offence? Why on earth would he be sacked?
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Should have taken the train !
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I suspect it'll be doomed as a spaceport as well. Question for Scotland is how much more than the £1 paid for the airport will get poured into this 'flagship' venture. It's passenger figures must make depressing reading for it's owners though.
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Transport minister caught with no insurance, definitely should be sacked!
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For a country that used to be renowned for our education system what on Earth has gone wrong with us?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...t-ever-rating/ Too much tinkering around the edges or not enough real thought put into it over the last ten years? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38157811 Too much paperwork and box ticking for government statistics may be one aspect , not enough discipline, too many changes to education procedures and swapping around what is and isn't this years pet project. They need to settle on something and stick with it , the simple fact that we are slipping further down that list does it not maybe tell them that the way things were done years ago was possibly better and did not need constant change by each new broom that took over ? But something significant has happened in the past few years because we used to be 6th in the developed world and 2nd in Europe , we are now way down at 15. |
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Am I right in presuming Education is a devolved power?
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Am I right in presuming Education is a devolved power?
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Funding comes from the UK treasury Grant, Holyrood is then responsible for managing the funds and running the Scottish Education system. Though no UK constituent country is doing well as we have fallen way down the global list.
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Funding comes from the UK treasury Grant, Holyrood is then responsible for managing the funds and running the Scottish Education system. Though no UK constituent country is doing well as we have fallen way down the global list.
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Along the lines of only the true Scot votes for independence.
