Many organisations and groups have used the lead up to this year’s Scottish Budget being published to highlight the specific issues they would like to see addressed. NUS Scotland have set out their keys issues through a campaign they call ‘Budget for Better’ and they say the current student support system is broken. You […]
This week we saw a report published by the Social Mobility Commission “State of the Nation 2017: “Social Mobility in Great Britain”. The Commission say Britain is a deeply divided nation. Those divisions take many forms. Class, income, gender, race. In recent years, each has been the subject of much scrutiny. But one form […]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTEQiBuh98[/embedyt] This week I raised specific questions with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John Swinney about the lack of funding in our schools. Mr Swinney is pushing ahead with a number of education reforms but, in my view, is failing to address the key issues for education which are the cuts […]
This week I joined with college lecturers in Fife as they undertook another day of action to make the case for college management to honour the deal that was signed more than a year ago. This is not a situation that should be allowed to continue as it is damaging to staff morale and […]
The levels of funding going into schools for teaching and learning is not enough to meet the growing challenges schools face. That was the main argument made by mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley this week when he spoke in a debate in Parliament on the government draft budget. Mr Rowley was also […]
Members of St Kenneth’s Primary School Pupil Council made a visit to the Scottish Parliament to see round the building and hear how Scotland’s seat of government works. The pupils also met with MSP Alex Rowley and put questions to him about the parliament, the issues it deals with and how this impacts on […]
Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Alex Rowley spent time this week answering questions and having a discussion with pupils of Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline. As part of an ongoing programme whereby politicians of all parties speak and answer questions, Mr Rowley discussed issues ranging from poverty in Scotland, the USA elections, Brexit to LGBT rights. […]
As college staff in Fife and across Scotland move toward further strike days, Mid Scotland and Fife MSP, Alex Rowley has called on Ministers to bring both sides together to find a solution. The Scottish Labour Deputy Leader met with college staff in Fife and at the Scottish Parliament to hear first hand their […]
Benarty Young Citizen of the Year Kayla Bell was presented with a Pen from the Scottish Parliament this week from Alex Rowley MSP to recognise her achievement of raising money to support children receiving treatment for cancer. Kayla also arranged for her fellow members of St Kenneth’s School Pupil Council to then meet with the […]
Cowdenbeath MSP Alex Rowley this week met with the Head Teacher of Cowdenbeath Primary School Mrs Mary Quinn to hand over a gift and thank her for her 15 years of service to Cowdenbeath Primary School and 38 years to teaching in schools in the Lothian’s and Fife. Mrs Quinn is retiring as Head Teacher […]