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The Scotsman
17 Mar, 2018
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Students used to ‘solve’ teaching crisis in Scotland
Scottish Universities are to target college students to tackle Scotland’s teacher shortage crisis.
Latest News
Scotland weather: ‘Mini Beast’ brings further snow and ice warnings

The Met Office have extended their weather warning for snow and ice for most parts of Scotland as the ‘mini Beast from the East’ arrives.

John McKendrick: Darien colony failure has lessons for Russia stand-off

Scots – not England and King William – were mostly to blame for the disaster that paved the way for the 1707 Act of Union, says John McKendrick.

Government blocks SNP MP’s bill to end unpaid trial shifts

The Government has talked out a Bill which sought to ban unpaid trial shifts, amid concerns that people with learning disabilities are more likely to "fall victim" to the practice.

Katie Williams: Deal with problems or face a tribunal

The latest employment ­tribunal (ET) statistics released by the Ministry of Justice make ­interesting reading and if confirmation were needed, underline that the fees regime – abolished in July 2017 – deterred the bringing of thousands of cases.

Sport Update
Scots can leave one-time wooden spoon rivals in their wake

You’ll have heard the joke about the two sailors who found themselves marooned on a desert island until one of them stumbles across a lamp and the genie therein offers them one wish each.

Hampden in sight at last for Hearts’ Jon McLaughlin

Jon McLaughlin can remember the summer of 1998. That was the year his family moved home. It was also the last time Scotland qualified for a major championship.

Derek McInnes wants to see more Aberdeen character against Dundee

Derek McInnes is quite happy to hear people writing off Aberdeen’s chances of success this season as it simply provides his players with another opportunity to prove them wrong.

And finally...
Theatre reviews: Spring Awakening | The Greatest

When Andrew Panton was appointed artistic director of the Dundee Rep Ensemble last year, he made it clear that he would combine the role with his continuing commitment to teaching music theatre at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow. And now, he brings those twin passions together in a truly outstanding Dundee-RCS co-production of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s 2006 musical, which takes Frank Wedekind’s brilliantly radical play Spring Awakening, and gives it the kind of musical edge that Wedekind would have loved, making it real for a brand new generation.

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