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Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart Dr Sahlberg, who spoke on Finnish lessons. One of the things that struck me about that was that in Finland there is a lack of inspection of schools but much more collaboration between teachers. It seemed to me that they kind of excited each other to raise their attainment and challenged each other’s...

Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart Clare Adamson spoke about the session that we had in the Parliament with Pasi—



Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart I agree with Neil Findlay’s point about the five-year contract. Whatever is done in that regard, would it be a good idea to take teachers out of the classroom for a period to free them up to learn something or do their own CPD programme for longer than, for example, just a Monday?



Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart Sorry. Just a sentence or two is fine.



Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart Mr McAlinden mentioned the quality of teaching and the importance of having an inspirational teacher in front of the class. I am sure that we all remember having one or two—if not more—such teachers in our lives. We are changing to curriculum for excellence. Can we teach inspiration? Do we have insp...

Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart We are scrapping that, though.



Education and Culture Committee 22 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Jean Urquhart (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) My question was about the widening gap between deprivation and attainment. I believe that Mr Munro mentioned the school in the leafy suburb where the gap was wider because it achieved fantastic results for only some of the pupils. I am not a teacher or an EIS member, so you must forgive me if my que...

Meeting of the Parliament 17 May 2012 : Thursday, May 17, 2012
Jean Urquhart I thank the cabinet secretary for her reply. It has, in fact, covered my supplementary, which was going to be about that model being used in other rural areas of Scotland.



Meeting of the Parliament 17 May 2012 : Thursday, May 17, 2012
Jean Urquhart (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

10. To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome is of the trial of using retained staff to provide ambulance cover in the Shetland Islands. (S4O-01018)



Equal Opportunities Committee 15 May 2012 : Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Jean Urquhart We have talked about Double Dykes in Perth, and Mary MacDonald is living in Oban. Is anybody living on another site?

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S4M-02906.2 Kenny MacAskill: Justice—As an amendment to motion S4M-02906 in the name of Lewis Macdon
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S4M-02906 Lewis Macdonald: Justice— That the Parliament recognises the key role played by civilian
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YesCarried

S4M-02905.1 Nicola Sturgeon: Health—As an amendment to motion S4M-02905 in the name of Jackie Bailli
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YesCarried

S4M-02905 Jackie Baillie: Health - That the Parliament recognises the substantial progress made in
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YesCarried

S4M-02904.3 Richard Simpson: Meeting the Challenge, Physical Activity and its Contribution to Tackli
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NoDefeated

S4M-02904.2 Nanette Milne: Meeting the Challenge, Physical Activity and its Contribution to Tackling
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NoDefeated

Amendment 4 moved by Liam McArthur on motion S4M-02878 Fiona Hyslop: National Library of Scotland Bi
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Amendment 5 moved by Liam McArthur on motion S4M-02878 Fiona Hyslop: National Library of Scotland Bi
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S4M-02888.3 Neil Bibby: National Parenting Strategy for Scotland—As an amendment to motion S4M-02888
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S4M-02888.1 Nanette Milne: National Parenting Strategy for Scotland—As an amendment to motion S4M-02
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NoDefeated

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Motion S4M-02091: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/02/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00437: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28/06/2011 Show Full Motion >>
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Question S4O-01061: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 23/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-01037: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 09/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-01018: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 02/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00947: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18/04/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00932: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11/04/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05594: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00503: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30/11/2011 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00422: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16/11/2011 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00398: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 09/11/2011 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00312: Jean Urquhart, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19/10/2011 Show Full Question >>

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