Category: FOI
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‘Nothing’s affordable’: buying a home now just a dream on Arran | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/22/nothing-affordable-buying-home-now-just-dream-young-couples-older-workers-arran-tourism-booming
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Housing crisis on Arran leaves hundreds of islanders without homes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/22/housing-crisis-on-arran-leaves-hundreds-of-islanders-without-homes
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Analysis: What is PEF money actually being spent on? | HeraldScotland
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17502170.analysis-what-is-pef-money-actually-being-spent-on/
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Gaffe reveals why Sturgeon refused to meet nuclear waste protestor
https://theferret.scot/sturgeon-nuclear-waste-protestor/
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“Sensitive” ScotGov documents cast new light on Ministers’ & SPADs’ FOI role
Newly released documents, obtained as a result of two appealed FOI requests, show that Ministers and Special Advisers have been deeply involved in the withholding of information from the public, sometimes despite the protests of civil servants – including those in the government’s own FOI Unit. As this is rather…
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The SSLN can still create material gain for teachers | TESS
This is the full text of a recent article for the Times Education Supplement Scotland. The original is available here (£): https://www.tes.com/news/ssln-can-still-create-material-gain-teachers This year, for the first time since 2012, the Scottish government is not publishing the results of a Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN). The original plan was…
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FOI victory reveals the full extent of Teach First’s Scottish lobbying | Blog
Last week, in an exclusive story with Severin Carrell and published by The Guardian, I revealed that Prince Charles has finally admitted to lobbying the Scottish government, and in particular former First Minister Alex Salmond, in an attempt to help Teach First expand their operations into Scotland’s education system. These…
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Teach First, Ask Questions Later – full report & emails | Blog
The Herald is today [Sat 28 October] running two exclusive stories about Teach First, the fast-track teaching organisation expected to bid for a Scottish Government tender to deliver a ‘new route into teaching’. The first of these articles – on the front page – concerns a highly critical report by…
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Tartan Teach First? A look inside the Scottish Government’s plans | Blog
Last week the Scottish Government finally released the tender documents for its ‘new route into teaching’. Ever since plans to tender for what looks like a fast track teaching programme were announced, questions have been asked about whether this will allow Teach First to realise its long-held ambitions of expanding…
James McEnaney 