Portakabin, the UK’s leading supplier of interim modular buildings, has successfully constructed and handed over a complete new 300-pupil interim primary school in Devon in less than four months. Working in partnership with architects and project managers, Atkins, Portakabin provided more than 1,200sqm of primary teaching accommodation for the relocation …
Read More »St Albans School hosts Forum on Education for state and independent sector teaching staff
St Albans School will be hosting Forum on Education, a teacher-organised, one-day conference, on 28th May. Entitled ‘Assessment and Feedback in Secondary Education,’ the conference is aimed at both state and independent sector teaching staff, to support and give greater ownership of their Continuous Professional Development (CPD). St Albans School’s Forum on Education (SASFE), …
Read More »BBC and RSC join forces to deliver Shakespeare: Text Detectives
Thousands of secondary aged pupils are expected to tune in to a virtual Shakespeare lesson next week when the BBC and the RSC join forces to deliver Shakespeare: Text Detectives – the first Live Lesson about Shakespeare for secondary school aged pupils. In the month that marks both Shakespeare’s birthday …
Read More »Kent CP initiative from IB gains momentum with 27 schools
A further 18 schools in Kent have joined an initiative to offer the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) from September 2017, taking the total number of schools involved to 27. The initiative is the second phase of a successful CP pilot, initiated by Kent County Council in partnership with …
Read More »WorldSkills UK confirms refrigeration air-conditioning competition for 2017 cycle
Following a successful and comprehensive tender process, WorldSkills UK has confirmed that a Refrigeration Air Conditioning competition will be included in the WorldSkills UK Competitions portfolio in 2016. Local qualifying heats will be held across the spring and summer, with the highest scoring competitors invited to take part in the …
Read More »Deb & Handz Campaign Extend ‘Design-a-Dispenser’ School Competition
As part of Deb Group and the Handz campaign’s collaboration to raise awareness of hand hygiene in schools, both parties are delighted to announce an extension to the deadline for one of the programme’s initiatives – the ‘Make It Your Own’ design-a-dispenser competition. The deadline for schools to take part …
Read More »UK schools battle it out in Viking Young Inventors’ Competition to win £5000 for their school
Viking, the school and office supplies channel of Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services in the UK are inviting pupils from primary and secondary schools to get their creative juices flowing and take part in Viking’s Young Inventors’ competition. Children 16 and under will be …
Read More »Discovery Education launches annual US “Summer Institute” competition for UK teachers
Teachers from Discovery Education’s UK partner schools are being offered the chance to win a trip to a prestigious ed-tech conference in Chicago this summer, where they will network with colleagues from some of North America’s leading digital schools, and learn about the latest ideas for using technology in teaching. …
Read More »Gender stereotypes around apprenticeships show no signs of abating, according to new research
Gender stereotypes around apprenticeship applications still exist despite efforts to dissipate them according to new research from GetMyFirstJob. The apprenticeship match-making platform, which has over 230,000 young people in its database, found that 91% of male applicants registered on its site were interested in construction roles as opposed to only …
Read More »Zoella revealed as UK children’s favourite author
Released today, the biggest annual study into British children’s reading habits, What Kids Are Reading has revealed that the most popular book for secondary school children is Girl Online by vlogger Zoe Sugg aka Zoella. The report reflects the impact of social media on children’s book choices, with Zoella’s 10 …
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