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January 17, 2020

To speak or not to speak?

To speak or not to speak? Too often, young people find the Children’s Hearing System (CHS) too intimidating to speak up. We having been working with the Scottish Government to help improve this. The CHS in Scotland should be reviewed in order to better protect children and young people…

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January 7, 2020

Connecting the dots: what do young people think about R100?

R100 is the Scottish Government’s project to ensure every household in Scotland has access to superfast broadband by 2021. At our 71st national Sitting (SYP71) the Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs Subject Committee (TERA) spent our session taking part in an activity all about R100, bringing both our own views…

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January 6, 2020

Tom Huang reflects on his time at SYP

Working and living halfway around the world has been absolutely terrifying, but an experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything. Coming from Los Angeles, California, a place where it’s consistently sunny and seasons don’t exist, to Edinburgh has definitely been a huge change. From being granted the amazing opportunity to…

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