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UK Heart Safe Awards 2019 launches with new headline sponsor!

The 8th annual UK Heart Safe Awards has been launched as of 1st April, with this year’s new online nomination platform with new headline sponsor Philips. Philips is represented by their official Distributor ProCardio and AED360 With 14 awards up for grabs with categories ranging from Community Responder, Emergency Services, Not for Profit, Large Businesses […]

ARE THESE THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE 21st CENTURY WORLD?

This is Engineering campaign works with young engineers to compile a list of engineering wonders as research shows misconceptions about the profession could be preventing young people finding their dream career • Young people asked to identify engineering wonders of the 21st century in a bid to highlight the breadth of the world of engineering […]

Leora Cruddas: “Time to celebrate school trusts as education charities whose purpose is solely to improve children’s lives”

England’s state schools are living through an “education renaissance” driven by charitable trusts whose core purpose is to give children the best future possible, school leaders will hear today. Leora Cruddas, Chief Executive of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST), will say that these trusts, which run schools in which 50% of children are now […]

Learning by Questions continues to dominate the education sector’s awards

Learning by Questions (LbQ), has been presented with the ‘best education resource in secondary education’ award at the annual Education Resource Awards. This follows the organisation’s success in January 2019, when LbQ also won a Bett Award in the ‘Innovator of the Year’ category. LbQ was a finalist in an unprecedented six award categories. LbQ […]

Waltham Forest educators discover the future of PSHE in schools

Headteachers, senior leaders and subject experts have been brought together by the London Borough of Waltham Forest to explore new government guidelines on Relationships Education and Health Education in primary schools, which come into effect in September 2020. The PSHE Discovery Conference on 13th March was organised by Headway Education, a social enterprise established to […]

School Robot Competition: EPSRC UK-RAS Network & Twinkl launch AR app to design your own robot

National competition challenges schoolchildren to design a future Mars robot; winners will be announced at the International Robotics Showcase on 27th June London, UK, Wednesday 27th March 2019— A robotic design competition aimed at helping schoolchildren up and down the country to hone their scientific thinking and develop their talent in engineering has been launched […]

Pros in prose: Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition winners announced

More than 25,000 primary school children across England and Wales have penned a poem for the second annual Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition. Themed on diversity, the competition encouraged five to 11-year-olds to explore what makes us ‘Beautifully different, Wonderfully the Same’ using a poem created especially for Writing Stars by poet Joseph Coelho. […]

BNF Healthy Eating Week 2019 re-awakens with new challenge

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has launched registration for its seventh annual BNF Healthy Eating Week, taking place 10 – 14 June 2019. BNF Healthy Eating Week comprises five health challenges, which organisations, schools and nurseries are encouraged to complete: Have breakfast, Have 5 A DAY, Drink plenty, Get active, and – new for 2019 […]

New partnership set to deliver essential business skills to sports and fitness students

fibodo, the award-winning booking management platform, has announced a partnership with sport education specialist, AoC Sport, to provide up to 239 colleges in England with free access to a business focused e-learning course. The CIMSPA-accredited course, ‘Grow Your Business’ – created by fibodo – aims to teach and inspire students on best business practice, as […]