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320,000 book boost helps tackle accessible reading famine in education sector

A free service that helps print-disabled people in the UK access educational texts has tripled the number of titles available since last year – reaching more than a quarter of a million books overall. 320,956 books are now available through the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Bookshare service, which has offered accessible education […]

Planning Learning Spaces by Murray Hudson and Terry White.

Can school design help us to realise a new vision for education that equips young people for life in a fast-changing world? How can we design schools for the next generation for jobs that do not yet exist? And can we help children to want to go to school in the morning with design? These […]

Discovering Sacred Texts: highlights from the British Library’s vast and unparalleled collection of sacred books, scrolls and scriptures now online

Discovering Sacred Texts is a new free British Library online learning resource, inviting visitors to explore the world’s major faiths through the Library’s extensive collection of sacred texts. Available to all, the new website includes over 250 digitised collection items, teachers’ resources, short films and articles written by academics, faith leaders and practitioners, library curators […]

Getting the grades: three reasons why the further education sector needs a strategic view of data

The further education sector is changing. The introduction of T-Levels in September 2020 will provide another avenue for students to explore, with a mixture of classroom learning and ‘on-the-job’ experience creating the experience needed for students to open the door into skilled employment, further study or a higher apprenticeship. Additionally, Ofsted’s new framework is putting […]

Music tuition is fading fast in schools, there is a critical need to establish music education and nurture talent at primary level

By Simon Dutton, founder and CEO of Paritor who specialise in music tuition management software for the music education industry The steady decline of music education at GCSE and A-level in the UK has been brought into the spotlight recently, with reports that uptake in GCSE music has dropped by 23% over the past eight […]

Top 5 Common Online Threats That Parents Should Know

NordVPN provides a list of risks that children face online September 19, 2019. Every new school year brings an increase in online risks. That’s because kids start using electronic devices more — both inside and outside the classroom. Nevertheless, adults still lack understanding of the most common risks their children face.     “If you are aware […]

Satchel launches one-stop-shop learning platform to reduce education management workload

Satchel One will offer choice of cost-effective, time-saving apps for school leaders and teachers Award-winning edtech provider Satchel has announced the launch of its new bespoke learning platform, Satchel One. A cost-effective software solution, Satchel One allows schools to choose from the company’s range of award-winning classroom management and whole-school apps, giving them greater control, saving them […]

Two teachers launch free app to help tackle school behavioural issues after successful 51-school pilot

Two teachers have launched LifeGames, a free app designed to address the increasing behavioural issues in UK and Irish schools. It comes after exclusive research revealed an urgent call by teachers for more social skills development in the current education system, and a pilot of the app’s activities involving 51 schools received an overwhelmingly positive […]

How Technology Can Transform The Health of School Finances And Communities

Scott Warrington, co-founder of SLS, on why he believes schools could opening up letting opportunities through digital. Earlier this year, Sport England released research which found two thirds of people felt it was easier to order food online than book an exercise class on the internet. The research found that only 34% of people surveyed […]