Education, Fact check
Claim students do not leave university with “huge debt” is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks into a claim by an SNP MP on levels of student debt in Scotland.
Education
Crime and justice, Education, Fact check, Fracking, Health, Politics
Fact check: ‘What has the SNP ever done for us?’
Ferret Fact Service looks at all 19 claims in the SNP's January 2018 Party Political Broadcast.
Education, Fact check
Greens claim of learning support teachers cut is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by the Scottish Greens that more than 500 additional support teachers have been cut since 2010.
Education, Fact check
Theresa May’s claim tuition fees meant an increase in university students is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Theresa May’s claim that the tuition fees policy led to more students in university.
Education, Fact check
Have teacher numbers declined under the SNP government?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Kezia Dugdale’s claim that teacher numbers have declined by 4,000 under the SNP government.
Education, Fact check
Has the SNP overseen an increase in the education attainment gap?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Kezia Dugdale's claim on the education attainment gap in Scotland.
Arms trade, Education
Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers
School children are being encouraged to sell weapons in lessons branded “immoral”.
Education
Loss of libraries in schools puts Scottish ministers under pressure
Forty per cent of Scotland’s primary schools have no libraries and 99 per cent have no librarians.
Education, Finance
Parents kept in dark over private finance school defects
Five schools in Angus and three schools in Dundee had defects that were similar to those found in Edinburgh private finance schools after a wall collapsed.