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• Apprenticeships offer fast track to career success

  Young people receiving qualification results this summer are being encouraged to consider apprenticeships as a valuable alternative to university, offering hands-on experience, formal qualifications and a wage from day one.

• Buzzing with opportunity: Beekeeping qualification at Baldragon Academy

  At Baldragon Academy in Dundee, the National Progression Award (NPA) in Beekeeping at SCQF Level 5 is providing pupils with practical experience, scientific knowledge, and transferable life skills.

• Modern Apprenticeships give young learners lifelong edge
• Results Day: 2025 marks 'landmark year' of achievement by Scotland's learners

  Around 147,000 learners across Scotland will receive their results today - and their hard work has made 2025 a ‘landmark year’ of achievement and success for them.

• Celebrating the achievements of care-experienced learners

  Care-experienced young people are among the tens of thousands of learners across Scotland who today received their results from SQA. This includes young people who are currently, or have previously been in any form of care, including foster care, residential care, and kinship care.