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26th Jan 2026Blog: Knowing your child's rights at school - Why the Equality Act 2010 matters
Dr Diane Delaney encourages parents and carers to think about the Equality Act as they champion their child's rights
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2nd Dec 2025A New Chapter for Scotland's Qualifications
As the new qualifications body for Scotland starts work this month, marking a fresh start for Scotland's qualifications system, read our blog from Nick Page, Chief Executive of SQA and now Qualifications Scotland.
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20th Nov 2025World Children's Day: 20 November 2025
World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20th of November.
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25th Aug 2025Connect Blog: Understanding Children Together: Parents/Carers, Children and Education by Diane Delaney
Connect's Associate Trainer and PhD candidate, Diane Delaney, explains why child development knowledge is important for all of us
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28th Jan 2025Hearing the Voices of Parents with Children with Additional Support Needs - Read about campaign group Empower:ED
We hope to raise the profiles of parents of children with ASN and make it positive. We also hope to inform parents of their children’s rights to education. We have loads to learn and we are looking forward to learning from Connect and networking with other inspiring groups of parents doing positive things.
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12th Dec 2023Connect Conversations: Building Bridges
Read Diane Delaney's blog on the first of our Connect Conversations - and then book your place at our next session!
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17th Mar 2022Education is for Everyone: Connect's Views on the Ken Muir Report
Connect reflects on Professor Muir's report on education reform. Changes are coming, but what will this mean for learners and their families, and will it make a difference?
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7th Dec 2021Blog: Q & A with...Iain Nisbet
We're asking education campaigners and experts for their ideas for change and improvement in Scottish education
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1st Dec 2021Education Reform: Connect's Consultation Response and Survey Reports
Parents and carers kindly shared their views on matters relating to Professor Ken Muir's Education Reform Consultation
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20th Oct 2021Education Reform in Scotland: Professor Ken Muir invites parents/carers to participate in his consultation
Ken Muir, the independent advisor to the Scottish Government on education reform, describes his consultation process
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22nd Oct 2020Additional Support for Learning: Review and Action Plan
Connect responds to Angela Morgan's review of additional support for learning implementation and the Scottish Government's Action Plan
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17th Feb 2020Children in Scotland magazine feature on our mental health survey: suffering in silence
This feature appeared in Issue 196 of Children in Scotland's February 2020 magazine
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14th Oct 2019Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, blogs on the importance of UNCRC
Bruce Adamson argues for full incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law
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9th Oct 2019What Are ACEs?
We are currently being asked to be an ACE Aware Nation, with those working in education and childcare in particular encouraged to consider ACEs in relation to children. But what are ACEs and what do they have to do with us? Connect's Eileen Prior looks at the issue
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4th Jul 2019Bringing Children's Rights into Scots Law
The Scottish Government wants to hear your views on bringing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law. Our overview will help get you up to speed!
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4th Mar 2019Dr Janet Goodall, consultant for Connect, says that relationships are at the heart of effective parental engagement
What is the most important factor for schools as they work on parent and family engagement to improve learning outcomes for children? Quality relationships
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25th Feb 2019Regional Improvement Collaboratives: What are they?
Sara McFarlane, Connect's Executive Assistant, explains Regional Improvement Collaboratives
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11th Feb 2019Dr Janet Goodall, author and academic, describes her passion for parental engagement in children's learning
Connect interviews Dr Janet Goodall and asks her about what can be done to improve experiences for parents as they engage with schools and their children's learning
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6th Feb 2019Eileen Prior, Executive Director of Connect, calls for an end to the Named Person debacle
The Scottish Government's working group charged with developing guidance on information-sharing has said it is not possible
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28th Nov 2018Whatever Happened to the Scottish Government's Education Bill?
The enormous Education Bill, with its many strands, has been published but will be delivered 'collaboratively' rather than through legislation