Plans unveiled for £54m Highland schools investment
FIVE schools could be set for up to £54 million of improvement works under new proposals unveiled by the Highland Council.
The local authority said...
Designing campuses which inspire learning and add social value
By Brad Morrison, architect at BDP
SCHOOLS are at the heart of any healthy community. Recognising this, North Lanarkshire Council has committed to a...
New Whitecraig Primary celebrates area’s history and landscape
THE new Whitecraig Primary School has opened in East Lothian. The facility, built by Morrison Construction, has been developed on land adjacent to the previous...
Riverside Primary School wins prestigious award
RIVERSIDE Primary School in Perth has won a prestigious award for its innovative environmentally friendly design.
The school scooped the Innovation in Delivering a Sustainable Learning...
The University of Edinburgh to create series of ‘student villages’
THE University of Edinburgh is to create a series of 'student villages' to allow for students to safely interact between their studies amidst the...
Developer shares vision for Paisley Grammar site
NIXON, the preferred bidder for the sale of the former Paisley Grammar Secondary School, has been sharing its proposals for the site with local...
Council outlines plan to invest £8.8m in school building improvements
MORAY Council has set out its plan to invest £8.8 million in improving its school buildings in the next financial year.
Almost £5 million of...
Modular solutions offer public sector efficiencies
A modular construction expert with almost 40 years’ experience, named as Northern Ireland’s second fastest growing company in 2025, has revealed its ambitions to...
Contractor set to be announced for Dundee community campus build
DUNDEE City Council is to consider a tender to appoint Robertson Construction Tayside to build the new East End Community Campus.
The project will replace...
East Renfrewshire Council announces next stage of Neilston school transformation
RESIDENTS are being asked to help shape plans for a new learning campus in Neilston, which will locate Neilston and St Thomas' primaries on...
Rooflights tipped to improve learning experience at new East Dunbartonshire school
WHITESALES has supplied 14 Solus Monopitch rooflights and four Solus smoke hatches for a new Additional Support Needs (ASN) school in East Dunbartonshire.
Architects NORR...
Build of Ardrossan Community Campus begins
MORGAN Sindall Construction has commenced the build of the Ardrossan Community Campus on behalf of North Ayrshire Council.
Designed by JM Architects, the new campus...
The great outdoors: ‘huge shift’ in design of learning environments
OUTDOOR learning has been a growing area of development within Scottish education facilities in recent times.
Long before the pandemic accelerated the need to find...
GRAHAM competition sees Glasgow pupils light up city skyline
THREE pupils from St Patrick’s Primary in Glasgow were given the chance to help switch on the festive lights at the Central Quay site...
Passivhaus primary school extension with CLT structure opens in Edinburgh
THE first Passivhaus primary school project in Scotland constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT) has opened in Edinburgh.
The £3.2 million, two-storey extension to Sciennes Primary...
New Dunfermline City Campus meets carbon targets
FIFE College's new Dunfermline City Campus has passed an independent verification of the embodied and whole-life carbon assessments for the three new buildings on...
BDP scoops top prize for university project
BDP has picked up the top prize in the higher education and campus category in this year's AJ Retrofit Awards, for the firm's work at the...
£2.8m plans launched to safeguard historic building designed by Rennie Mackintosh
GLASGOW City Council has discussed plans to safeguard the historic Scotland Street School building.
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the building currently houses the Scotland...
Double joy for Hub South East projects at education awards
TWO Hub South East projects won accolades at the Learning Places Scotland Awards this week.
Blackridge and St Mary’s Early Years Centres in West Lothian...
Nursery building complete at Arisaig Primary
CONSTRUCTION is complete on a new nursery building at Arisaig Primary School. The project was delivered by the Highland Council’s in-house property teams with...
