Randstad Student Support, a leading provider of learning support staff, has taken a group of 15 budding Formula 1 racing engineers to the Williams Martini Racing F1 Factory for a day of innovation, excitement and engineering insight. The lucky group from North Shropshire College included 14 students who fought off tough competition to win […]
AN AWARD-winning online resource is using this week’s national Children’s Mental Health Week to highlight the vulnerability of young boys and the issues they face. Insight4Life is already being used in schools across the UK, giving confidential, expert advice to youngsters on a whole host of subjects while also giving them support information and coping […]
Inadequate financial systems are holding academies back and are becoming a barrier to conversion, new research has found. A study by HCSS Education, a leading education finance specialist, found that one of the biggest challenges academies faced when converting came from using existing finance management systems that were not fit for purpose. 49% of academies […]
St. John’s U11 footballers continued their highly impressive season by becoming Middlesex County Football Champions over the weekend. West Lodge (Harrow), John Keble (Brent) and St. John’s (Enfield) played in a tightly contested round robin competition, which was highlighted by all the games ending in draws. First, St. John’s played John Keeble. St. John’s took […]
Education ranked as fifth most resilient workforce throughout the recession, with the aggregate wage bill rising 14% in real terms since 2002 to £41bn – driven by a surge in non-teaching or unqualified positions in schools Overall, teaching and educational professionals combined now account for 6.4% of the UK’s total full-time wage bill Higher concentration […]
Kortext, the UK’s leading digital textbook platform, has launched a new analytics dashboard to give lecturers and university staff unprecedented insights into how students are engaging with their digital learning content. On a day-to-day basis, Kortext Analytics gives lecturers access to data that will show how students on their modules are engaging with core […]
Young children are being encouraged to think about a career in plumbing in a new book for three to seven-year-olds called ‘My Mummy is a Plumber’. The book has been published by Butterfly Books, in collaboration with WaterSafe, the national accreditation scheme for plumbers which promotes best practice in the industry. Butterfly Books aims to […]
Lumi, a global leader in real-time audience insight technology, has today announced the launch of its free* cloud-based education platform, Meetoo. The platform, which enhances learning through live student polling, digital conversations, access to live reports and the collation of anonymous feedback facilitates productive classroom interaction between students and teachers; a daily challenge in […]
What: Walk to School Week is organised by Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking and happens during National Walking Month each May. It challenges schools and their pupils to walk to school more during the week. It’s a great way to celebrate walking and can be a stepping stone to year-round activity. Last […]
Two Woking primary schools have launched a major new initiative to boost the use of digital technology and content in their classrooms. New Monument and Broadmere Primary and Nursery schools have entered into a professional development partnership with Discovery Education, part of Discovery Communications, and one of the UK’s leading providers of digital content […]
