Education

Members of the Highland Youth Parliament (HYP) are working on plans to improve mental health support following their annual conference.

Wick High has taken a progressive step towards LGBTQIA+ awareness and inclusion by starting its LGBT Youth Scotland School Charter Award.

Pupils in schools across Caithness and Sutherland are being offered a week of online learning to celebrate wildlife and biodiversity.

A new digital toolkit for teaching staff has been created by the Highland Council as parts of its continued programme to connect and support learning.

An appeal has gone out to Caithness residents to donate healthcare items, images, and information for a new exhibition coming to Thurso.

Agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Greens results in more teachers for Highlands, says Burgess

Local group among those missing out due to the cancellation of Adult Learners' Week (ALW) in Scotland.

The Highlands has by far the worst education estate in Scotland with one in three primaries and one in four secondaries in a “poor” condition.

Professor Todd Walker, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands, has issued a statement via social media.

FUTURE learning at the UHI will be much more closely tailored to booming sectors of the economy, the establishment’s new leader has said.

Wick High School sent out a 'big congratulations' to last year’s S3 John Muir Group who finally received their certificates.

Thurso Players is delighted to announce that an event for its juniors took place recently – the first in nearly 18 months.

Charity Mary’s Meals is helping pupils learn how the power of food can change the story for youngsters in some of the poorest countries in the world.

An engineering student at North Highland College UHI has received the Outstanding Student Engineering Project of the Year.

The community dig at Swartigill on the Thrumster Estate is under way again and volunteers can help uncover this very unique Iron Age structure.

Thurso primary schoolchildren had the chance to meet up with a very unusual visitor in the shape of a large orange foot with a healthy agenda to push.

New primary one pupils have been settling in at schools across the far north. Here are some of the new classes, with more to follow as they come in.

A letter sent out to parents of S1 to S3 Wick High School pupils yesterday warned of a possible case of Covid-19 in their child's year group.

Parents are able to benefit from more childcare hours after Highland Council managed to deliver the 1140 hours scheme after a number of delays.

In a bulletin issued today, Wick High School revealed the transport issues children have been experiencing on the John O'Groats bus route recently.