Education

Whitby Dracula Trail in Yorkshire takes in many of the landmarks that form the setting for Bram Stoker’s classic tale.

North East Scotland College (NESCol) is offering a range of evening and Saturday classes at its Fraserburgh Campus.

A public information campaign is encouraging families to enrol their children for funded early learning and childcare ahead of a major expansion this summer.

Buchan Area Committee members discussed the school roll forecasts for the area on Tuesday, January 14.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has today announced a new round of Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) opportunities, which have been awarded by Skills Development Scotland (SDS).

People across Scotland are being encouraged to learn something new or get back into education as The Open University is offering hundreds of free courses online.

More than 30,000 young Scots would learn to play pipes and drums if they had the chance but only 6000 are learning so far, according to a national charity.

Blind and partially sighted school children are gaining fewer qualifications than their classmates, prompting calls from a sight loss charity for action to close a “shocking and unnecessary gap in attainment”.

The number of teachers working in Scotland’s schools has risen to its highest level in the last decade.

A local group of volunteers have teamed up to create a performing arts competition event for local primary and secondary schools from Aberdeenshire.

Gillian Martin MSP joined the Shell ‘Girls in Energy’ Conference last week to promote women in STEM.

Peterhead Academy has just been approved to deliver a national Progression Award in Bee keeping following the launch of successful bee keeping club at the school.

Teams from secondary schools around the North-east competed in the final heats of a new construction challenge, taking place at North East of Scotland College Fraserburgh Campus and Stewart Milne Group’s Westhill office.

Primary school pupils from  are to benefit from the opportunity to take part in a competition to create a game using coding software, SCRATCH.

S3 Pupils from Mintlaw Academy recently enjoyed a tour of Leith’s concrete plant at Longside.

First year NESCol Shell Engineering Scheme students recently attended the Shell St Fergus Gas Plant where the budding engineers were presented with their Personal Protection Equipment as part of their induction programme.

One of Aberdeenshire’s newest head teachers is relishing her role in supporting around 400 care experienced young people in the North-east.