March 2022 Our Young Advisers’ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
PE1914: Ban school uniforms in secondary schools
February 2022 The Scottish Parliament’s Civic Participation and Public Petitions Committee asked us to comment on this petition. Thank you for inviting us to comment on the above petition. The
High-Level Political Forum inputs: Children’s Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
December 2021 Our office has submitted inputs to the United Nations Human Rights Office Report on Child Rights and the Sustainable Development goals on the theme of: “Building back better
Letter to Cabinet Secretary: SQA 2020 Appeals Models
Commissioner’s letter to Cabinet Secretary requesting that children and young people from the 2020 cohort who remain disadvantaged by decisions made by the SQA the Scottish Government, to appeal directly
Exams 2020: Letter to Deputy First Minister (17th August)
August 2020. Letter to the Deputy First Minister on issues around 2020’s SQA results including the appeals process, university admissions, and acknowledging unfairness.
UK Commissioners’ letter to Universities UK
August 2020. Letter from the UK’s Children’s Commissioners asking UK universities to honour their offers to UK applicants made prior to 2020’s results.
Exams 2020: Letter to Deputy First Minister (7 August 2020)
August 2020. Our letter to Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP calls on him to confirm changes will be made so that the appeals process around exams becomes directly accessible to young people and centered on their individual attainment.
Exams 2020: Letter to SQA
August 2020. Our letter to the SQA calls on the organisation to make sure their appeals process is directly accessible to young people and centered on their attainment as individuals.
Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment on the Response to Covid-19 in Scotland: Appendix 3
July 2020. Education. Appendix 3 of this Independent CRIA is a children’s rights impact assessment on the effect of coronavirus laws and policies on children and young people’s education.
Return to School Planning: A human rights briefing paper for the Education Recovery Group and other education decision makers
June 2020. Briefing paper providing a human rights framework to guide decision makers when planning children and young people’s return to Scotland’s schools.