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The Savoy Educational Trust has announced a new grant for The Food Teachers Centre, a UK based support group for secondary teachers, to fund a new digital initiative aimed at increasing applications for food teaching roles to address the current teaching crisis in UK secondary schools. Launching in September, the …

Heriot-Watt University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) which will see the two collaborate to advance medical research and development. Working with over 150 academics in the university’s new Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies, the ABHI will leverage its …

The University of Edinburgh has announced the permanent appointment of Dr Andrea Taylor as the new Chief Executive Officer of Edinburgh Innovations, the University’s commercialisation service. Dr Taylor brings over 25 years’ experience working across the innovation sector holding positions in academia, the pharmaceuticals sector, biotech, commercial deal making, inward …

Marshland Primary Academy in Moorends, Doncaster, is preparing for the future by switching its heating and hot water system from gas boilers to highly efficient, low-carbon Ground Source Heat Pumps. Kensa Contracting, the UK’s leading ground source heat pump solutions provider, is delivering the retrofit project, and on Tuesday 18th June …

Artwork from pupils at Dame Bradbury’s Junior School in Saffron Walden is to be displayed at the National Gallery this summer, as part of the gallery’s Take One Picture competition. Year 6 pupils aged 10 – 11 were tasked with creating a stop-motion animated short video inspired by Henri Rousseau’s …

This month, ACS International School Egham celebrates the tenth anniversary of its award-winning humanitarian initiative, Project Nepal. Over the last 10 years, more than 200 students and staff from ACS Egham have travelled to Nepal to work on construction projects in Nepali schools. The project has raised funds to support …

CIBSE has announced the launch of the CIBSE Flush Challenge, a unique educational game designed to engage pupils aged 9 to 11 in the fascinating world of building services engineering. The CIBSE Flush Challenge is part of CIBSE’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of engineers and addressing the skills …

A decade ago, John Smeaton Academy was placed in Special Measures by Ofsted. The Leeds secondary school was rated either ‘Inadequate’ or ‘Requires Improvement’ every time Ofsted inspectors visited after that. However, following the first inspection of the school since it joined The GORSE Academies Trust three years ago, John …

Students at the University of Sunderland had the chance to share their work with employers in this year’s Digital Showcase to help boost their employability. The event gives Computer Science students the opportunity to present their projects to the employers they have been working with over the course of this …

Exciting new teaching ideas will be introduced into classrooms after seven innovative educators won a share of more than £115,000. The recipients of this year’s Let Teachers SHINE awards have each devised potentially groundbreaking projects aimed at helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed at school. The awards they have …