The SNP candidate for Inverness and Nairn, Emma Roddick, has welcomed the Scottish National Party’s new policy of a nationwide ban on mobile phones in classrooms, following deeply concerning reports of voyeurism at an Inverness school. The party has confirmed that the new measures will be implemented across Scotland to ensure that schools remain a [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the progress of the new Nairn Academy building, highlighting it as part of the Scottish Government's wider commitment to investing in education across the Highlands. Ms Roddick's visit to the construction site follows her previous work to ensure the project could go ahead, including pressing the Scottish [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed Minister for Higher and Further Education, Graeme Dey MSP, to the UHI Advanced Construction Centre in Inverness. The visit came after the MSP welcomed the minister to the region to learn more about the ground-breaking work being done at the Inverness Campus. The visit allowed Ms Roddick [...]

BPA air fàilte a chur air bile cudromach nan cànanan A’ dìon agus a’ toirt taic do Ghàidhlig is Albais sa Ghàidhealtachd is na h-Eileanan Tha BPA na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean, Emma Roddick, air fàilte a chur air bile nan Cànanan Albannach, a chaidh a ghabhail ris sa mhìos a chaidh, bile fìor-chudromach a [...]

As part of her busy recess schedule, Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick met with Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH) this week to discuss the local campaigning group’s work in the Highlands. The group, which is run by and for autistic adults, campaigns for better services for autistic people and works to challenge stigma and [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick today (Friday 16th June) paid a visit to the Outward Bound Trust’s outdoor education centre on the shores of Loch Eil in Lochaber. The centre, which prides itself on providing visiting groups of young people with a unique outdoor learning experience, offers a wide range of activities such as [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed investment into schools across her region as plans to replace Nairn Academy get underway. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Ms Roddick asked the Cabinet Secretary for Education for an update on the Nairn Academy replacement project, as well as the new schools for Broadford in Skye, in [...]

At a meeting of the Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee yesterday (2nd March 2023), Shona NicIIIinnein, Chief Executive Officer, Bòrd na Gàidhlig was prevented from answering MSPs’ questions in Gaelic. Shona had intimated to the committee in advance that she would like to give the evidence of Bòrd na Gàidhlig to the committee [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap cannot be tackled by schools alone, claiming that UK Government welfare policy is hindering Scotland’s progress. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Ms Roddick pressed the Scottish Government on the measures being implemented to tackle the drivers of poverty. The Cabinet Secretary for [...]

MSP for the Highlands & Islands Emma Roddick has today [Thursday 8th December] welcomed news that the Scottish Government has made progress on delivering its BSL National Plan. Ms Roddick said she was pleased to hear that the government’s policy Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 approach, which promotes the learning of modern languages, had [...]