-The Learning Partnership Appointed as Promethean’s Exclusive UKI STEAM Partner- Global education technology provider, Promethean has partnered with The Learning Partnership to support the wider integration of technology into education and to encourage the engagement of students and teachers in STEAM subjects. With its roots firmly embedded in education, Promethean understands that STEAM subjects are…
The numbers of children who are from minority ethnic origins has been steadily rising and now makes up 33.5% of children in UK primary schools. This means that the proportion of pupils who use English as an additional language (EAL) has also been on the rise – 21.2% at the last count. If a child…
Memorial Flames created by students chosen by judges to feature at official ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day 29 NOVEMBER 2019– Memorial Flames created by school groups up and down the country have been selected by a distinguished panel of judges to feature as part of a national art exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the…
Axent Embroidery & Print is pleased to announce the launch of its new look website, making sourcing and customisation of workwear even simpler for its customers. The established Dorset-based business was recently acquired by online retail company, Poole Bay Holdings Ltd, who saw massive potential for the organisation to grow into a national workwear provider…
This Friday 29th November is Black Friday and AJ Products is giving you the chance to save 25% on the value of your entire order! Use code: Blackfriday19 Campaign code valid until midnight on 1st December 2019. One use per customer. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other codes or promotions. Not valid for…
AVer Europe launches new high spec visualiser for educators The latest M17-13M visualiser offers the crispest texts, bright images and vivid colours AVer Europe has announced the launch of the M17-13M, its new mechanical arm visualiser, to the UK market. Boasting a 13-megapixel camera, 35.2X total zoom and full HD quality, the M17-13M offers one…
Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study in Yorkshire. Researchers, from the University of Leeds, have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK. Adding together all…
£40,000 will help schools across the UK to engage with Chemistry in the classroom using the context of space. Pictured above: Students take part in the PPG Chemistry Education Project Masterclass with the National Space Academy in their Science Lab at the National Space Centre, Leicester On Tuesday 12th November the National Space Academy hosted…
A Birmingham secondary school has made its sixth form maths lessons more interactive and inclusive by incorporating the latest in Casio Projectors’ collaborative technology with graphic calculator emulators. Students can now share their working to complex maths problems with the rest of the class from their seats in real time. Over the summer, an XJ-F211…
Auckland Grammar School Case Study Amanda Stanes OStJ CFRE – Director of Advancement helping build Auckland Grammar School’s future In 2017, Auckland Grammar School’s Development Office transitioned to Potentiality as its CRM system. The reason why? We wanted to integrate all our various connections/touch points with our Old Boys, past and current parents and donors…
Literacy underpins success in our modern society so to deprive a child of this critical skill runs the risk of banishing them to an economically depressed under-class, argues Streetspace Communications Manager Simon Dolby. A weakness with literacy is a common strand for disaffected teenagers not in education or training, prisoners or the homeless. The percentage…
Research shows lack of workspace investment is leaving many organisations struggling to attract and retain staff It is well-documented that the public sector has been under considerable strain over the last few years, with stretched resources and understaffing increasingly common problems. In light of this, research from Kyocera Document Solutions UK has revealed that the…
Birmingham – Prowise and its Danish partner AVDAN have won the contract for supplying interactive flatpanels to all the educational institutions in the Danish capital Copenhagen. The agreement includes the installation and implementation of approximately 2500 touchscreens. All schools and childcare facilities in Copenhagen are upgraded with the Prowise Touchscreens. Over the next two years,…
SurreyIDEA, an innovative academy, is the first of its kind in Europe, providing a novel and progressive learning experience that enables students to gain valuable skills in an interactive format free from prohibitive entry requirements solely based on academic qualifications. And now, the school is launching a high-tech programme to engage and inspire a younger…
London, 12.11.19 – Bett, the world’s leading event for learning technology today, announced a three-year global partnership with SMART Technologies in the UK, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Joining to help elevate the conversation on education technology and its impact on learning outcomes, the partnership will foster educational and promotional opportunities to help teachers and…
Sportsafe has become the first organisation to be accredited by The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020:2012 for the inspection of Physical Education, sports, gymnastic, cardio vascular, resistance and outdoor playground equipment. The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is the sole national accreditation body for the United Kingdom. UKAS is recognised…
The education sector ranked End User Computing & Mobility as its biggest technology priority- Cyber security is the education sector’s second biggest technology priority- Organisations prioritise “utility technologies” over Big Data, IoT and AI- November 2019 – Softcat, a FTSE 250 listed company and leading provider of business technology solutions and services, has surveyed over…
By Dr Andrew Hobbs,COO of Exemplar Education, the UK’s largest provider of online learning support for children. On Friday, it’s International STEM Learning Day and children across the country will be reminded of the importance of the STEM subjects. STEM is a real buzz word in the education sector at the moment and it seems…
With Radon Awareness Week underway, Bureau Veritas is reminding schools and universities of the importance of radon monitoring as recent research suggests that the drive for energy efficiency is raising the risk of exposure to the radioactive gas. Research published earlier this year by University College London (UCL) found that indoor radon levels are increasing…
With more than sixty independent schools having notified the Government of their intention to withdraw from the Teachers Pension Scheme by July 2019, attention is now turning to the alternative provision which schools are putting in place. Governors who have never before had to make decisions about pension provision for teachers in their school are…
-Individual, regular rewards improve employer desirability – Positive connection found between individual rewards and employee motivation for education workers – Clear correlation between lack of expressing gratitude and staff turnover in the education sector NEW research reveals that education business leaders who thank their staff experience reduced staff turnover, improved staff retention and more successful…
Thought leaders from across the UK recently came together to drive change for vulnerable children in the East Midlands. Hosted and funded by CIC Think2Speak at the company’s Gainsborough headquarters, stakeholders were invited to discuss, explore and inform Best Practice Guidance to be able to embed practical narratives for the planning and profile-building of vulnerable…
Flashing, festive knits will be sweeping the nation once again this year for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 13th December. Whether it’s at school, nursery or a youth group, we’re calling on children across the UK to swap their uniforms, for their silliest, most wonderful woollies and donate £1 each to help…
Supermarket will give £5,000 of vouchers to the winner of the nationwide competition to spend on their school’s Breakfast Club Lidl is the NSPCC’s charity partner and has already raised £2 million for the charity’s school service Lidl is giving primary school children across England, Scotland and Wales the chance to win £5,000 of vouchers…
For academies, securing condition improvement funding (CIF) can be crucial to maintaining the condition of their estate. Here, Allan Hunt, Director at building consultancy and architecture practice AHR, outlines how academies can maximise their chances of successfully securing a grant. Academies and schools have a duty of care to their growing number of pupils to…
