School closures upheaval surfaces in council election debate

This week’s Dunoon Observer carried a letter (which we have been given) from SNP Group leader, Continue reading

Faculty of Advocates calls for cap on legal costs on ALL public interest issues

The Scottish Government has been consulting on the issue of putting a cap on legal costs Continue reading

2010 Schools Act: the conflicted roles of the call-in team

We have delayed  – not for long – the publication of our single solution to three major problems Continue reading

2010 Schools Act: Hillhead School, Scottish Ministers’ Wick Determination and the cost of justice

Two primary schools in Wick in Caithness – Hillhead and Wick North, were joined in a single closure proposal paper Continue reading

2010 Schools Act: on the way to Wick

The purpose of this article is to lay out some key elements and mysteries in the framing Continue reading

No remission of anger at meeting with Rural Education Commission

On a truly awful night of driving rain, the meeting of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education Continue reading

Cabinet Secretary’s unconvincing response on current status of 2010 Schools Act

Responding to our article yesterday: 2010 Schools Act now a charter to close rural schools, Cabinet Secretary Continue reading