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National Traineeship and Apprenticeship organisation is named Highly Commended Partner of the Year
Qube Learning, one of England’s leading independent recruitment and training providers who directly contracts with the government’s Education & Skills Funding Agency to deliver high quality interventions to economically inactive young people aged...
How to use Pupil Premium Funding for Social and Emotional Support
Exploring the growing need for social and emotional support as part of educational recovery in the wake of the pandemic is crucial. Here we examine the kind of interventions that will help deliver such support to children, helping build resilience...
Play Action International launches nationwide appeal to deliver toys for 50,000 Ukrainian refugees
Award-winning children’s charity, Play Action International, has today announced the launch of its ‘Play Box Appeal’. With the UK expected to host up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees, the appeal aims to support at least 50,000 Ukrainian children...
It is time to inspire a generation of financially capable future employees
Sharon Davies, CEO of Young Enterprise Financial education has the ability not just to transform the lives of young people across the UK but the economy more broadly. As we begin to emerge from the economic and social consequences of widespread...
UK digital literacy to receive major boost as 57k BBC micro:bit coding devices donated to primary schools
The Micro:bit Educational Foundation alongside partners Nominet and the Scottish government will donate 57,000 BBC micro:bits across UK primary schools Support from the Scottish government will see every primary school in Scotland...
Premier Advisory Group appointed by DfE as official adviser for free school proposers
Premier Advisory Group (PAG) has been appointed by the Department for Education as sole supplier of free school application support. The contract starts on 1st April 2022 and is for up to three years. PAG takes over from New Schools Network...
SMART Technologies and Kooth join forces to transform student and teacher wellbeing
SMART partners with Kooth to bring vital mental health resources and support to more students The partnership is an education industry-first for supporting students and teachers with their mental health At least 17% of six to 16-year-olds now suffer...
New resources launched for schools to help make sure school uniform is affordable
The Children’s Society is launching new resources today for all state primary and secondary schools to help them navigate the changes set by new school uniform laws. These resources were developed in partnership with the Child Poverty Action Group...
Bentley Education Announces New Student Contest: The Digital Twin Design Challenge
March 29, 2022 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, (Nasdaq: BSY) the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced Bentley Education’s Digital Twin Design Challenge—a student contest that provides an opportunity to reimagine a...
‘Going Too Far–Extremism and the Law’- LGfL wins award for resource developed in partnership with DfE… and its Technical or IT Support Services
LGfL-The National Grid for Learning strikes gold with a double award win at BETT 20221 LGfL-The National Grid for Learning celebrated striking gold at this year’s BETT Awards 2022, when it scooped both the Best Wellbeing, Digital Wellness &...
World Autism Acceptance Week 2022 – what can employers do to create a safe environment for individuals with autism at work?
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people communicate and interact with the world. One in every 100 people are on the autism spectrum and according to the National Autistic Society, there are around 700,000 autistic...
Responding to the mental health crisis: 97% of UK schools now providing pupil mental health support but one in 10 teachers feel poorly equipped
Teachers have witnessed a rise in pupil anxiety, stress and depression since the pandemic Two thirds more concerned about managing mental health and wellbeing of pupils Half of teachers want the government to provide a...
