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Grades and uni places; age or rage

If you get the grades, should you get the university place? plus, age or rage and we speak to the 70-year-old who is a carer for the elderly.

PHONE IN
Scottish universities are planning big changes to their admissions system to help increase the number of students from disadvantaged areas. The plans will mean less attention being paid to an applicant's exam results.
If you get the grades, should you get the university place?

And from 10am until midday.....

STEM CELL
We speak to the teenager from Glasgow who got a life changing stem cell transplant....from his 5 year old sister
18 year old Sunny Farid had to spend one day in hospital every three weeks after being diagnosed with a blood condition as a toddler but he's been transfusion-free since a successful transplant. Professor Brendon Noble is Chief Scientist at the U.K. Stem Cell Foundation.

OLDER CARER
We speak to the 70 year old who is a carer for the elderly. Lucy Smith retired at the age of 60 but has been working as a carer for the last 4.5 years. Andrew Senew, the Owner and Director of '成人快手 Instead' says that older carers are the solution to our age time bomb.

AGE OR RAGE
Is it a rage or is it your age? Our weekly Monday morning feature - mum and make-up artist Nicola Creen is sick of the staff serving her not having a smile on their face. Also joined by Comedian Tom Stade.

RONA TYNAN
We talked to Rona Tynan from Inverness in September just before she went to Mexico for controversial MS treatment - we find out how she got on.

SCHOOL DRESS CODE
The Scottish Lib Dems have backed a motion calling for all schools to have gender-neutral uniforms for students. This would assume that schools across the country would have a set dress code - how important is a school uniform and what should it look like?

THE 48 HOUR CHALLENGE
We find out about a new social media 'game' that has raised concerns by Police Scotland. The 48 hour challenge encourages teens to go missing. Emma Kelly is a Child Psychologist and Tony Neate is Chief Executive of Get Safe Online.

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  • Mon 13 Nov 2017 09:00

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