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Revising for Computing Science? Let Scholar help!

What Scotland’s education directors need from the new government tes.com/magazine/analy…

@ADEScotland Your manifesto is included in the #InformedScotland Scottish Parliament Election Extra 2026. Free to download, the Extra provides a brief scan of manifestos & resources focusing on or highlighting learning & skills across the landscape: informedscotland.co.uk/2026/04/20/inf…

Did you know that, if you have access to Scholar, you can learn from ALL of our 42 courses? So, if you’re studying for your Highers but you need a more basic explanation of a concept, you can access the learning activities and assessments from the National 5 level course. Scholar. Impactful online learning and teaching since 1999.

Studying for your Chemistry exam on Tuesday 12 May? Master the core concepts by revising with Scholar.

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Forgotten your Scholar login? If you have access to Glow, you can use the Scholar tile to access your personalised account, or enter your Glow login details on Scholar's login page. @GlowScot

FAO teachers in Scottish secondary schools! Need to remind your learners how they can access Scholar? Why not show them one of the videos on our Knowledge Hub? Our Knowledge Hub has short 'How to' videos helping you do everything from log in to download your learners' progress. scholar.hw.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/

A fitting send off for @inverclydeedu as she prepares to take up her new role as Chief Inspector #HMIE Best wishes from all your #ADES colleagues.

Huge thanks to our brilliant brass and saxophone team for providing some party tunes at Ruth Binks’ leaving do. It was also lovely to see former music service pupil Cody,who had been invited by Ruth to play some flute duets as a final farewell. Good luck in your new post Ruth!

We are currently looking for Legal Assessors to provide independent legal advice during our Fitness to Teach hearings. The role involves providing independent legal advice to our Fitness to Teach panels and leading in the decision writing process. gtcs.org.uk/about-us/vacan…

We will continue our inquiry on neurodivergence in Scotland tomorrow with two roundtable evidence sessions. At the first roundtable we'll look at education and hear from @COSLA, @ADEScotland, @donaldson_trust, Children in Scotland, @Aspep1, @DrJasonLang and @EISUnion.

Congratulations to Ruth on her appointment as HM Chief Inspector of Education.

Thank you to the @ADEScotland for inviting us to attend their annual conference in Cumbernauld on 6th/7th November. We had some fantastic conversations at our information stand and lots of interest in our tick awareness animations which ran over the breaks. #ADES2025

@UofGCfTE Thank you Margery for joining us and sharing your insights.

Thank you to colleagues @ADEScotland for inviting Centre Director Prof Margery McMahon to join the panel this morning and to share developments from the Centre for Teaching Excellence #ADES2025

#ADES2025 Closing remarks from VP Mark Ratter Encouraging us to engage in “steady work” ie resist the temptation of new & shiny ideas or quick fixes.

What an honour to be presented with a lifetime membership of ⁦@ADEScotland⁩ from the President ⁦@laurencefindlay⁩, a longstanding colleague and dear friend. Lovely to see so many fine folk again too.

Day two of the @ADEScotland conference begins with a panel discussion with @sqanews, @EducationScot, @hmiescotland and the Centre for Teaching Excellence. Yesterday’s threads about ‘much reform but little change’ is an important context as we hear from these agencies. #ADES2025

#ADES2025 Day 2 Improvement Through Reform panel session. Hearing from Nick Page @sqanews An honest reflection on the challenges facing us all in Scottish education at this time. Very refreshing.