SB 06-83 Early Education and Childcare - Subject Profile (Updated) (pdf 208kb) - 20 October 2006

SB 04-19 Nursery Nurses - 10 March 2004

SB 03-36 Early Education and Childcare - Subject Profile - 2 June 2003
(This briefing has been updated by SB 06-83 posted 20 October 2006)

RN 01-92 Childcare Support in Further and Higher Education - 10 October 2001

SB 08-61 Further Education Colleges Capital Investment Programmes (107 KB pdf) - 11 November 2008

Graduate Endowment Abolition (Scotland) Bill

Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Bill

SB 06-38 The Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2006 - 28 April 2006

SB 03-68 Methods of Funding Higher Education - 25 August 2003

SB 03-67 Funding Higher Education in Scotland and England - 25 August 2003

RN 01-49 Funding Research in Higher Education Institutions - 1 May 2001

RN 01-36 Funding Higher Education Institutions - 15 March 2001

RN 00-61 Reform of Student Funding - 18 August 2000

RN 00-06 The Cubie Report - 26 January 2000

RN 99-23 Further Education Funding in Scotland - 12 August 1999

RN 99-12 The Debate About Tuition Fees - 16 June 1999

RN 99-02 Tuition Fees - 12 May 1999

SB 07-45 Lifelong Learning: Higher Education (396 KB pdf) - 21 August 2007

SB 07-43 Lifelong Learning: Further Education (349 KB pdf) - 21 August 2007

Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Bill

SB 03-53 Scottish Agricultural College - 20 June 2003

SB 02-02 Higher and Further Education Institutions - 11 January 2002

RN 01-79 Quality in Further and Higher Education - 31 August 2001

SB 02-32 Tertiary Education in Australia - 18 March 2001

SM DA17 Further and Higher Education in Scotland - 3 August 1999

SB 07-13 Adult Training and Skills - Subject Profile (pdf 521kb) - 2 March 2007

SB 03-42 Lifelong Learning - Subject Profile - 4 June 2003

SB 02-57 Issues in Lifelong Learning - 14 May 2002

SB 02-06 Learning and Skills Council - 21 January 2002

SM DA01-14 Lifelong Learning Organigram - 21 December 2001

RN 01-108 Individual Learning Accounts - Progress since Introduction - 23 November 2001

RN 01-78 International Lifelong Learning - 30 August 2001

SM DA01-04 Lifelong Learning - 19 April 2001

RP 00-08 Individual Learning Accounts - 2 May 2000

University of St Andrews (Postgraduate Medical Degrees) Bill

SB 02-16 Class Sizes and Pupil Attainment - 5 February 2002

RN 01-115 Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales - 20 December 2001

RN 01-87 Qualifications in Scotland - 18 September 2001

Scottish Qualifications Authority Bill

RN 00-110 Inquiries into SQA - 12 December 2000

RN 00-104 Status of Public Bodies: Implications for the SQA - 30 November 2000

RN 00-81 Quangos, and Governance of the SQA 29 September 2000

RN 00-80 SQA Exams: Assessment and Appeals - 28 September 2000

RN 00-68 The Scottish Exam Results 2000 5 September 2000

Overview

SB 08-19 The School Estate (263 KB pdf) - 16 April 2008

SB 06-12 School Education Policy - Subject Profile (updated) (pdf 191k) - 9 February 2006

The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Bill

SB 03-37 School Education Policy - Subject Profile - 2 June 2003
(This briefing has been superseded by SB 06-12 posted 9 February 2006)

Closures

SB 06-61 School Closures - Update - 8 September 2006

SB 04-23 School Closures - 23 March 2004

Curriculum

SB 08-08 The School Curriculum - Proposals for Change (197 KB pdf) - 19 February 2008

SB 07-18 The School Curriculum - Proposals for Change (143 KB pdf) - 26 April 2007

(This briefing has been updated by SB 08-08 posted 19 February 2008)

SB 07-03 The McCrone Agreement (pdf 155kb) - 19 January 2007

SB 04-82 Gaelic Education - 12 November 2004

SB 04-01 The School Curriculum - 5 January 2004

SB 02-14 Musical Instrument Instructors - 4 February 2002

RN 01-110 Gaelic Medium Education - 27 November 2001

RN 01-90 Sport in Schools - 1 October 2001

RN 00-23 Section 2A (Section 28) - 28 March 2000

Discipline

SB 07-53 School Discipline (pdf 226 KB pdf) - 1 November 2007

SB 03-59 School Discipline - 5 August 2003 
(This briefing has been updated by SB 07-53 posted 1 November 2007)

Motivation

SB 05-09 Pupil Motivation

School Meals

Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill: Parliamentary Consideration Prior to Stage 3

Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill

Education (School Meals etc.) (Scotland) Bill

Special Educational Needs

SB 08-46 Additional Support for Learning (339 KB pdf) - 15 September 2008

Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill

Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Records) (Scotland) Bill

RN 01-54 Special Educational Needs - 17 May 2001

SM DA 00-04 Special Educational Needs - 3 April 2000

RN 00-03 Improving Our Schools: Special Educational Needs - 14 January 2000 

Standards

SB 08-18 Class Sizes (147 KB pdf) - 16 April 2008

Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Bill

School Education (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

School Education (Ministerial Powers and Independent Schools ) (Scotland) Bill

SB 02-16 Class Sizes and Pupil Attainment - 5 February 2002

RN 00-02 Improving Our Schools: Consultation on the General Teaching Council for Scotland - 14 January 2000

RN 00-01 Improving Our Schools: Consultation on the Improvement in Scottish Education Bill - 14 January 2000

Transport

SB 06-57 School Transport (pdf 160k) - 29 August 2006