The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, named after a pioneering 19th century social reformer, will be a “major asset” to Scotland, said the education minister, Michael Russell, who officially opened it last week.
Six years ago the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development cited concerns about an achievement gap in Scotland, which it said began to open in the last three years of primary and widened up to the age of about 16.
However, Professor Christopher Chapman, the director of the centre, said the phenomenon affected the whole UK, as well as many other countries, and was best tackled by innovative and wide-ranging approaches that drew on international research and expertise.
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