The Prince’s Trust has launched a new programme designed to support young people who are at risk of underachieving at school or college to engage with and succeed in education. The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a flexible provision for 13-19 year olds who are experiencing challenges with attendance, attainment …
Read More »Shell launches new national schools STEM challenge with the chance for schools to win £5000
The Bright Ideas Challenge is a new national, curriculum linked schools competition, which will challenge young people age 11-14 to assume the role of future scenarios planners and to use their STEM learning to imagine creative solutions to the types of energy challenges that cities in 2050 will face (by 2050 it’s estimated that 3 out of four …
Read More »New report: hands-on STEM project work boosts GCSE grades
A Pro Bono Economics report, published today by the British Science Association (BSA), reveals that students who have taken a CREST Silver Award – a hands-on, extra-curricular STEM project – achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result, compared to a matched control group. The report, conducted …
Read More »The National School Photography Awards for 2016 launches
Following the success of last year’s competition, FSE Design in partnership with Jessops and Manfrotto, have re-launched The National School Photography Awards for 2016! The competition was launched for the first time last year and received an incredible response, with schools throughout the UK taking part. The National School Photography Awards is …
Read More »Win an Acer U5220 projector: perfect for any classroom set up and worth £1000!
Leading technology manufacturer Acer UK will be at this year’s BETT show from Wednesday 20th January until Saturday 23rd January. This year, Acer UK will be showcasing a number of devices made with teachers and students in mind. It is Acer’s goal to help pupils learn by providing technology that …
Read More »Maths Doctor Christmas prize draw offers up to 100 free maths lessons
Maths Doctor, an award-winning live online tutoring company, is pleased to announce its Schools Programme Christmas Prize Draw, giving 10 schools across the UK the chance to win up to 100 one-to-one Maths lessons, worth over £3000 to be used however they wish. Schools are invited to enter the prize …
Read More »“Writing matters” to Cambridge University Press during National Stationery Week
As tablets and laptops creep ever more into our homes, schools and workplaces, Cambridge University Press are teaming up with National Stationery Week and SATIPS to launch a handwriting competition proving that the stylus and the tablet can live side by side with pen and paper. The competition, which runs …
Read More »BIMA partners with VR specialist Visualise to bring Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland into over 100 schools
On 17 November, Ogilvy & Mather Group UK’s Vice Chairman, Rory Sutherland, will kick off BIMA’s Digital Day at one of the participating schools in London with a 20-minute presentation to students. Visualise will use its innovative 360° live video streaming technology to create a ‘virtual event’ bringing Sutherland into …
Read More »Free FUZE coding workshops for UK Schools
Calling all teachers and schools across the UK! From November 2015, FUZE Technologies Ltd is offering a limited number of FREE coding and electronics workshops for students aged seven to 18. The hour-long workshops, which must be booked by 31st December, will teach students essential computing skills, including hands-on coding …
Read More »Two first class learning resources from The British Postal Museum & Archive
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is an educational charity, home to five centuries of British social, communications and design history. In order to bring the remarkable stories contained within its archive to life for school children across the country it has created two FREE first class interactive learning …
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