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Open Study College launches flexible early years educator qualification course
Aspiring nursery professionals can now become qualified to enter the nursery sector through the flexible Diploma for the Early Years Workforce; provided by leading distance learning provider, Open Study College.
Empathetic technology to help teachers teach
More often than not we find technologies used to enhance pupils’ attention spans, build confidence and learn more effectively, rarely is the conversation centred around how innovation can also help teachers teach.
Does the structure of GCSE exams matter?
Results of a research project on the impact of modular and linear structures of GCSE exams have been published.
Is the UK education system equipped to look after children with special educational needs?
Where The Trade Buys conduct a study to explore how well equipped the UK education system is to look after children with special educational needs (SEN).
Specialist teachers for deaf children battling with stress, workload and long hours
Specialist teachers for deaf children are battling stress, spiralling workloads and excessive hours as the system falls into crisis, the National Deaf Children’s Society has warned.
Why teacher mental health matters and how to improve it
Research has revealed that over a third of education professionals are expected to leave their job by 2020, highlighting the importance of teacher mental health and the need to address this crisis.
Students felt pressured to go to university by school teachers
New research looking into the benefit of apprenticeships has revealed that 64% of Britons felt pressured to go to university by teachers whilst they were at school, and a further 41% felt pressured by their parents.
Adoption experts want rethink on how schools are assessed
Adoption UK and leading education experts are urging a real rethink in how schools are assessed, to reflect the experiences of adopted children.
Skills gap set to widen as schools fail to prepare students for a digital...
New research from Microsoft UK shows 58% of teachers believe the current education system is failing to prepare students for a digital future.
Is it too late to train to be a teacher?
Teacher Active explains the paths you can take to train to be a teacher, the funding available, and the benefits your life experience will bring.
Managerialism in UK schools erodes teachers’ mental health and well-being
Performance targets, increased workload, curriculum changes and other bureaucratic changes are eroding teachers’ mental health and professional identity.
Teacher recruitment website to save schools thousands
Schools will save thousands of pounds in teacher recruitment costs as the Government launches a new online tool.
Hopes and fears for the ITT sector in 2019
Department for Education (DfE) consultation on strengthening Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and improving career progression for teachers set out enormous possibilities for the teacher training landscape and ITT sector.
Swim England and Everyone Active launch new three-year partnership
Swim England and Everyone Active have kicked-off 2019 by launching a new three-year partnership.
£8 million initiative will boost teacher skills ahead of T levels
Teachers and staff across the country will benefit from a new £8 million professional development offer, being developed by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), to help them prepare for the roll-out of new T Levels
British international schools need 230,000 more teachers
Teaching abroad direct found in the next ten years, British international schools will require 230,000 more teachers to meet staffing needs
Face to face vs. online training: What’s your pick?
Kamy Anderson, Market Researcher at ProProfs explores the differences between face to face and online training.
New curriculum fund vows to reduce lesson planning time for teachers
Schools minister Nick Gibb has launched a £7.7 million fund to provide teachers with high-quality lesson plans and resources in a bid to cut unnecessary workloads.
Education secretary announces new online resources to reduce teacher workload
Head teachers will receive more support to reduce teacher workload from unnecessary and time-consuming tasks, under plans set out by Education Secretary Damian Hinds
Supply teaching: What are my rights?
Teacher Active share the inside scoop on your rights as a supply teacher to help existing staff or newcomers enter the profession