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Very much looking forward to meeting Higher/Further Education Minister Ben McPherson. Thanks to Alex Rowley for raising the issue with him.
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If you care about Cupar or college opportunities for young people, don't miss this meeting!
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Don't miss the eating in Cupar on 26th February as we ramp up our campaign to create a positive future for the Elmwood FE site in Cupar!
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This film is what the SNP have done to further education colleges: 55% of Elmwood students had additional support needs. When the college closed its main campus, these people were abandoned.
Save Elmwood@ElmwoodSave
This is what the Elmwood Campus looks like now - well done @SRUC
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Interesting admission from @BenMacpherson that @sruc are pressing for a name change to university college. Very telling because it reflects the overriding interest to be an HE provider, not an FE provider
Willie Rennie@willie_rennie
SRUC has received just a fraction of the capital funding which some other colleges did last year. This has posed a serious challenge to its ability to maintain its estate. I raised the issue with the further education minister.
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Good to focus on @SRUC Scotland's Rural College @SP_ECYP Education Committee today. Heard from Principal, @NFUStweets, union reps. They have been losing money but staff feel underpaid. So they have difficult balance to strike. Cutting deficit but keeping staff & students on board
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Please pay attention to this. @sruc enabled by the SNP are shutting down further education, skills, practical training for Scots in favour of a university vet course for foreign students . . Because the latter promises £££. Watch scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educat…
Save Elmwood@ElmwoodSave
Today @sruc ceo tried to blame the demise of Elmwood on the "negativity" of protestors, but he was gobsmacked in the face of criticism from unions, students and local communities. Classic DARVO. @SRUC management are a disgrace and need to go.
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@sruc CEO gave a very threadbare defence before a universal grilling by the Holyrood Education Committee this morning. Thank you @Douglas4Moray It looks like another Dundee University debacle in the making. Will the @SP_ECYP Committee intervene in time?
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Attempting to consider shutting the gate after the horse has bolted: this looks like PR in the wake of community and political criticism that @sruc has decimated further education in NE Fife and land-based skills training more generally
SRUC@SRUC
A leading academic will lead an independent review of future economic growth for SRUC in North-East Fife, including Elmwood. Sir Ian Boyd, Prof @univofstandrews will explore how SRUC can maximise impact, innovation and community benefit over the decade. buff.ly/cAOyC0s
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Telling picture. This house is all that is left of the once substantial Elmwood college. The house can't even fit the handful of full-time, face-to-face students that remain.
SRUC@SRUC
A leading academic will lead an independent review of future economic growth for SRUC in North-East Fife, including Elmwood. Sir Ian Boyd, Prof @univofstandrews will explore how SRUC can maximise impact, innovation and community benefit over the decade. buff.ly/cAOyC0s
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@SRUC caught out by @C_CWarrender in @thecourieruk. An online degree brings nothin to Cupar since it can be located anywhere, or nowhere. thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/5…
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£140 million for St Andrews Uni to revamp the Madras site while Cupar loses Elmwood & NE Fife students lose a local college. No clearer illustration of how unis are favoured over colleges thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/5…
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Misleading photo on this article as the entire building is boarded up as SRUC wants to get it delisted, demolished, zoned for housing and sold for £££ to fund a new vet school in Aberdeen. New golf degree is a joke as it's entirely online. share.google/fEgJrKGwe5y2Iv…
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@ElmwoodSave Campaigners told golf degree is online - stretches definition of presence. Details on how practical skills would be delivered, vital for golf industry, unclear - sruc reports these come via HNC apprenticeship but not how this would works within online degree. Misconceptions?
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@RoryStewartUK @Waterstones Can't wait to see you in Ed next week ❤️
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Here are some photos of inside of my book on politics, chapters and some signing (@Waterstones now has the signed copies ✍️ waterstones.com/book/politics-…
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@Swim_England @guardian It's heartbreaking to hear about any pool closing. Though we're all competing for money now I hope that swimming as one of our nation's favourite activities will be supported. If we don't keep our leisure facilities open our health service - if not already - is truly doomed.
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🗨️ "Our leisure centre was a lifeline now it’s been boarded up."
🗨️ "Its loss will have devastating consequences."
Check out this article in the @guardian highlighting the need to support our pools and leisure centres which are vital parts of our communities. 🏊
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@RoryStewartUK Rory, as our technology speeds up, 'we' are slowing down at the same pace.
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We imagine our speed of technology adoption is far faster than our ancestors. But
1. How many years after the first steam-powered locomotive in history (moving some coal from a mine) was the first commercial railway opened - connecting Manchester to Liverpool?
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🎙️ "Swimming is medicine because it is a form of exercise that the majority will be able to achieve"
The 'Swimming as Medicine' series highlights to physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals how powerful being active in water can be! 💧
#WaterWellbeing #RightToRehab
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