A new partnership has launched in Merseyside, offering young people across the UK the opportunity to attend Liverpool Football College in association with Steven Gerrard, and pursue a career in the sports industry. Since opening in 2011, the college has helped hundreds of 16-19-year olds follow a career in professional football through their further education […]
Cambridge Primary Education Trust (CPET), which comprises Hatton Park Primary School, Histon & Impington Infant School, Histon & Impington Junior School, Somersham Primary School and Trumpington Park Primary School, has issued an update on the phased return of children of over 300 children to its schools since 8th June. Lesley Birch, CEO/Executive Principal at the […]
Gifting 500,000 annual memberships to teachers 75% of teachers describing themselves as ‘stressed’ The serious risk of post-Covid stress has been raised by the World Economic Forum citing the possibility of a secondary epidemic of burnouts and stress-related absenteeism in the latter half of 2020*. Overwhelmed teachers now find themselves on the frontline as the […]
Thirty-six schools and education charities have received donations of £1,000 each as part of the Movement for Good awards. The awards, set up by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical, will see a total of £1million given to charities across the UK this summer. Members of the public were invited to nominate causes close to their hearts, with […]
School lunch after lockdown Schools across the UK are streamlining their catering operations by simplifying menus to offer a Grab & Go lunch service; an efficient method to incorporate varied safeguarding measures such as staggered break times and the implementation of collection points throughout the school. Simply order, collect, and go. A Grab & Go […]
Premier League Primary Stars, a primary schools programme created by the Premier League and supported by 110 professional football clubs, has seen downloads of its free curriculum-linked education resources soar during lockdown. These fun and engaging football-linked activities, available through the programme’s new Home Learning Hub, have been downloaded more than 20,000 times by families […]
New personalised assessment service launched for members to support mental health and wellbeing Wesleyan Chair Nathan Moss, non-executive directors, and Group CEO, Mario Mazzocchi to donate at least 10 per cent of salary to charitable causes for six months Wesleyan, the specialist financial services provider for doctors, dentists, teachers and lawyers, has extended its COVID-19 […]
As pupils begin a phased return to schools following months of COVID-19 lockdown, beginning with selected primary schools and year groups, and expanding from there over the coming months, Richard Woods, chief operating officer at school transport specialist Kura has revealed three of the most important considerations for schools looking to safely run school transport services for […]
London, UK, 10 June 2020: The prestigious University College London (UCL) recently selected the Barco weConnect virtual classroom technology as one of its teaching platforms for its CPD (Continuing Professional Development) medical education offering. Thanks to weConnect, UCL’s Division of Surgery and Interventional Science can now offer a more engaging remote teaching experience and expand […]
Interserve is supporting the educational sector to ensure pupils, staff and visitors remain safe as schools open to larger numbers of children as the COVID-19 restrictions ease. The company provides best-in-class hard and soft facilities management (FM), maintenance and catering services to more than 150 schools across the country. Services range from cleaning through to […]
