Scotland’s New Mechanimals Lessons Teach Road Danger as ASN Needs Hit a Record Scotland’s New Mechanimals Lessons Teach Road Danger as ASN Needs Hit a Record
Transport Scotland’s new Mechanimals road safety lessons reach every secondary school as a record 43% of Scottish pupils now need additional support.
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Transport Scotland’s new Mechanimals road safety lessons reach every secondary school as a record 43% of Scottish pupils now need additional support.
Official data show Scotland’s additional support needs population grew 32% since 2019 while specialist teachers rose just 2%, leaving 12,402 pupils severely absent.
Renfrewshire’s Highers results hit new highs in 2025, but Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap barely moved despite a 2026 target to close it.
Labour says Disclosure Scotland missed PVG check targets for months in 2025, but the agency’s own newer data shows average waits now sit under a week.
A free Edinburgh workshop on the Indian Left’s history arrives weeks after Kerala’s Communist-led government fell, ending its last foothold in India.
The University of Aberdeen opens its Mumbai campus in September 2026, charging roughly half of Scotland’s tuition for an identical UK degree.
How an Unfunded Inclusion Policy Left 12,000 Pupils Missing School 
Renfrewshire Schools Post Their Best Higher Results in Years 
Disclosure Scotland’s PVG Backlog Hit 301 Days Before Quietly Easing 
Edinburgh Workshop Traces the Indian Left as Kerala’s Rule Ends 
University of Aberdeen’s Mumbai Campus Puts Its 530-Year Name on the Line 
Nationalist Governments Win Scotland and Wales, but Stay Boxed In 
India Begins Push to Bring Seven Copper Charters Home From Edinburgh 
Scottish Greens Visa Row: NUS Chief Quit, Other Student MSP Elected 
Funding Lifeline for Scotland’s Only Complex Needs College