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Northern Ireland to showcase its exciting edtech cluster at Bett 2017

For the first time there is a Northern Ireland pavilion at Bett, organised by Invest Northern Ireland The pavilion will showcase six of the region’s exciting edtech companies The aim is to promote the breadth and depth of Northern Ireland’s edtech expertise  and increase national and international business relationships   Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), […]

HEATHFIELD ACADEMY TRUST APPLIES FOR NEW FREE SCHOOL IN CATTERICK

Heathfield Academy Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust in Darlington, has put forward an application to the Department for Education to open a brand new free school in Catterick. Cambrai Community Primary School would be the first in the North Yorkshire area for the MAT, which currently comprises five schools – Heathfield Primary School, Hurworth Primary School, […]

PUPILS INVENT NEW WONKA-INSPIRED SWEETS TO WIN ROALD DAHL CENTENARY COMPETITION

  Two primary school pupils have invented their own Wonka-inspired sweets to win a national competition marking the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth. Alfie Richards, 8, from Irthlingborough in Northants, and Raiya Mann, 7, from London scooped the top prizes in Discovery Education’s Sweet Inventions Competition, which encouraged children to step into the shoes of […]

Sir Ken Robinson, Heston Blumenthal and Sir Tony Robinson to speak at Bett 2017

The Bett Arena will host educators from across the globe, gathering on the show’s centre stage for a passionate, open, knowledgeable and entertaining look at how we can create a better future through education. Visitors will be given practical advice, insight, inspiration and tools to help them become educational game-changers. Speakers will include Sir Ken […]

Kortext signs up four UK universities to its digital learning platform

An innovative edtech start-up that enables students to access textbooks electronically from any device has added four UK universities to its growing customer base.   Bournemouth-based Kortext has won contracts with the University of Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Worcester and the University of Strathclyde to provide students with its learning platform which enables access to […]

Changing mindsets at Bett 2017:

EDLounge to unveil two exciting new resources EDLounge to unveil two exciting new resources at Bett 2017: EDExam and EDQuals EDExams is an all-in-one online exam and assessment platform that allows any size organisation or governing body requiring the use of online examinations to create their own examination. EDQuals is a pioneering assessment, coursework and […]

The demand for mandatory SRE is now deafening… The government can no longer ignore this safeguarding necessity’

This morning, a public letter to Justine Greening has asked her to “consider the consequences of failing to act” on making Sex and Relationships Education statutory in all schools. The letter is signed by the Chairs of five Select Committees, including the Education Committee, the Women and Equalities Committee, the Home Affairs Committee, the Health […]

CDG SECURES NEW CONTRACTS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR

  Catering Design Group (CDG), the award-winning restaurant and commercial kitchen design company, has won a new contract with The Beacon – independent day school for boys, whilst also being re-commissioned by Kingston University.   The Beacon, independent day school for boys in Amersham, has appointed CDG to design and build a new kitchen and […]

Education initiative HundrED grows and goes global

As part of the expansion, HundrED has opened a London office to reach a wider international audience The project has announced a series of seminars to take place next year to include the key insights from across the world Talks are currently ongoing with five possible countries to launch their own HundrED projects over the […]