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Fhiona Mackay
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Could subject-specific professional learning revive languages in Scotland?
Languages in Scotland are at a ‘critical juncture’ and investment is needed in professional learning to boost their health in schools, say Lynne Jones and Fhiona Mackay
General
5 February 2025
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Saving Scotland’s ‘languages ecosystem’ from collapse
Languages are a fragile but essential part of the curriculum and urgently need stronger backing in Scotland, say Fiona Barclay and Fhiona Mackay
General
25 March 2024
How to prevent the collapse of Scottish education’s ‘languages ecosystem’
Languages in schools: how we’re trying to win hearts and minds
Against a ‘troubling’ backdrop of declining uptake of languages, a pilot project in five Scottish secondaries uses student mentors and takes inspiration from similar work in Wales
Secondary
10 May 2023
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