Secondary schools across the UK are being encouraged to take part in a new challenge, inspired by the testimonies of Holocaust and genocide survivors, to empower pupils to make a difference in their own communities. Launched by USC Shoah Foundation in partnership with Discovery Education, the Stronger Than Hate Challenge inspires pupils to take […]
£17,500 up for grabs by students, teachers and start ups with edtech ideas that could change the way we teach and learn in schools Are you a bright spark with a brilliant educational technology idea that could change the way we teach and learn in schools and drive up educational outcomes? If so Cool […]
Waitrose & Partners will today launch a £1 million grant fund to give money to projects designed to reduce unnecessary plastic and tackle plastic pollution. Plan Plastic – The Million Pound Challenge will award money, over one year, to projects that can demonstrate an impact on plastic pollution now and in the future. The […]
Tom Crump, Education Programme Manager at Apple Solution Expert for Education, GBM and Sync, looks at the benefits of embracing technology in the classroom. This year we may see national tech companies, such as Apple, Microsoft and Google, working together with the UK’s education system to ensure our graduates are future proofed against the rapidly […]
The Department for Education (DfE) has today published its Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which NASBTT has been involved in shaping. Giving her reaction to the strategy, NASBTT Executive Director Emma Hollis said: “NASBTT is pleased that the government has clearly recognised the challenges faced by the teaching profession and is committing to address them. […]
Parents of school-age children will be well aware of the changes to the Ofsted framework, due for 2019, which has been heavily featured in the press this week. Amongst other changes to the framework – such as short notice inspections, with just two and a half hours warning – this year, Ofsted has promised […]
3P Learning, creators of award-winning online maths and literacy resources, designed to help children gain confidence in their reading, writing, numeracy and multiplication skills, is celebrating having scooped a 2019 Bett Award in the category International Digital Education Resource for its world-leading maths resource for key stages 1 – 4, Mathletics. Used by over 5 […]
Blackburn based ‘Learning by Questions’ (LbQ) founded by the original Promethean interactive whiteboard leader, Tony Cann, was presented with the Innovator of the Year award at the annual Bett Awards. Coinciding with Bett, the world’s leading event for learning technology, the awards are considered the highest accolade in the industry. LbQ was shortlisted in four […]
Today it was announced that Assembly, a venture working to transform the way schools use data, is becoming part of Groupcall. Assembly, a joint venture between Ark and the NEON Foundation, has been incubated by Ark since it was founded in 2015. By transferring to Groupcall, Assembly has found a widely-respected partner who will […]
DMU AND ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND LAUNCH TALENT25 • Project will follow 100 children a year born in Leicester over their lifetimes to measure impact of regular creative activities • Communities across city to develop first-of-its-kind study along with city’s creative sectors Researchers are to follow children born in Leicester over the first 25 years of […]
