Education in Scotland

In 2015 over 2,800 children in Scotland were found to be needing protection from some form of abuse. The named person scheme aims to prevent this. The Scottish government says that a named person will be someone who will be there for parents and their children when they need help and do not know where to go. A named person will usually be a health visitor for a pre-school child and a head teacher or guidance teacher for a child of school age. The scheme was created with the aim of overseeing…

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935). Born of peasant ancestry, Gibbon was an active socialist and writer at work during the Scottish Renaissance of the early to mid twentieth century alongside such contemporaries as Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973) and Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978). The author 's careful employment of stream-of-consciousness technique, the Scots idiom and social realism have marked this particular text out as one of the most innovative and defining…

Introduction Over the years a significant productivity gap has developed between the United Kingdom and its main competitors which include the United States, Germany and France (O’Mahony and de Boer, 2002). In 2012, the widest productivity gap was to be reported in over 20 years, second to 1992 when the gap was as wide as 25%. The Office of National Statistics reported that in comparison to the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada the UK is seen to be behind by an average of…

It is empowered to deal with education, health, agriculture and housing. An advantage of devolution is that the Central Government can concentrate on important national issues rather than being concerned about the regions. Also, as the regional assemblies only deal with the work of the…

3.ix Janet (née Cook) Inglis[C.1.14] and Descendants Eight daughter of Neil[C.1] and Catherine (née Currie) Cook; 1820 – 1888 THE YOUNGEST of Neil[C.1] and Catherine Cook’s children was Janet [C.1.14], presumably born in Sliddery in January 1820 and baptised on the 17th. On the 22nd of November 1853, she married a forester in the em-ploy of the forestry department at Brodick Castle named David Inglis. Born between 1820 and 1822, he was the son of David and Euphemia (née Hamilton) Inglis.…

The union with England, under the Laws of Wales Acts of 1536 and 1543, did bring about some positive changes in Wales but the benefit of these changes has so often been exaggerated by historians, who have failed to properly address the shortcomings of the changes and the effect of changes on society as a whole and not just on the rising gentry class. For example many historians, like Peter Roberts, have emphasised the positive political impacts that the union achieved for Wales, such as the…

contribution in the expansion of the European territory, re-molding the political structure, the establishment of a powerful country, and stimulate business and encourage the development of cities and towns (Owen 1999, 7). In many places of England and Scotland, there are still a lot of their…

Immigration to the United States is a phenomenon that has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. During the late 1800s, millions people immigrated to America fleeing religious, racial, and political persecution, or seeking relief from a lack of economic opportunity. Among these men and women, was Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie and his parents, Margaret and Will Carnegie. Economic, social, and political effects of…

devolution started to transfer executive legislative powers to the other three nations of the United Kingdom, which are Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Devolution has been defined by The Royal Commission on the Constitution as ‘ the delegation of central government powers without the relinquishment of sovereignty’. In other words, devolution means power is given from Westminster to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, providing them greater control over their own affairs, as well as the…

Ireland’s Culture Dia duit! Hello! The culture of Ireland is extremely interesting to me, even though it is not a big part of my family heritage. I am drawn closely to Irish fables and music. The music can be upbeat and jolly or it can be haunting, chilling you to the soul. My mother’s family is where the Irish of my heritage comes from. Most likely, my Irish ancestors came to America during the potato famine. The majority of my heritage is German but I feel more closely related to my Irish…