Industry Spotlight: Series of new reports uncover teacher training drop-out rates…
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has released a series of new reports centred on three focal points: the customer journey to initial teacher training (ITT); teachers returning to the profession; and linking initial teacher training and workforce data. Highlighting key issues within the application process for ITT courses, as well as labelling the many available routes as ‘overwhelming’ and ‘confusing’, one report also showcases a significant variation in […]
Forum News: 5 successful negotiation tips to implement at industry events…
Making the most of any time spent out of the office, and ensuring the meetings you partake in are as effective as possible, involves the expert ability of negotiation, which can make the difference between triumph and disappointment with what you set out to achieve. Look, Listen & Learn: If you talk too much, you […]
MPs advise Ofsted to downgrade schools that provide poor careers advice…
MPs have claimed that schools who provide poor careers advice to students should be downgraded, stating in a report that inadequate advice is negatively impacting the economy and depriving young individuals to consider all available career opportunities. The document, supplied by the House of Commons Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy, also urges the government to straighten-out the ‘complex’ and ‘unruly’ web of service providers, websites and organisations offering careers […]
London HE provider supports Northampton Uni in partnership to reach international students…
Following in the footsteps of Cambridge-based Anglia Ruskin University, the University of Northampton has joined forces with the London School of Marketing to offer international students a UK accredited degree, with a majority of learning delivered via online and students submitting coursework from their home country. Students from countries including: Qatar, Nigeria, Pakistan, China, Dubai, Jordan, India, Sri Lanka, […]
STRB: Pay increase vital to ensuring ‘adequate supply of good teachers’…
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has warned that a ‘significantly higher than one per cent’ pay rise is integral to maintaining a population of capable and experienced teachers in England and Wales. Although the STRB has advised on just a one per cent pay rise to come into action this coming September – to […]
Guest Blog, Keren Prior – The most crucial resource: Teachers…
A recent survey by the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) found that around 61 per cent of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) are considering leaving the profession, with workload overwhelmingly cited as the cause. Amidst a worsening time for recruitment, what can schools do to maintain an effective and happy teaching staff? […]
Industry Spotlight: Abuse and violence persistently experienced by school support staff, new survey claims…
UNISON, one of the largest trade union organisations in the UK, has suggested as a result of its latest survey that more and more support staff members in schools across the country are facing frequent violence and abuse at the hands of students and their parents. The ‘Bad Form: Behaviour in Schools‘ report, which collected responses from 14,514 teaching assistants and educational support […]
Forum News: The hidden costs of exhibiting at trade shows…
Without the knowledge of other costs involved, the £2000 stand you’ve just booked at your industry trade show looks like a really inexpensive way of generating new business. But is it really justifiable? Assuming you have just bought a stand and shell scheme, you will still need to consider the following costs: Show services such […]
Prep for SATs exams damaging children’s mental health…
According to a new survey from the National Union of Teachers (NUT), 90 per cent of the 6,500 primary teachers and head teachers surveyed across the UK have stated that the intense preparation key stage 2 students are faced with before embarking on the mandatory SATs exams is creating a harmful impact on children’s self-confidence and mental health. SATs preparation for students […]
Goodfellow: ‘EU research funding helps our universities to thrive’…
The creation of more than 19,000 jobs across the UK, £1.86 billion for the UK economy and an estimated £1 billion contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) is the result of EU research funding, according to the ‘Economic impact on the UK of EU research funding to UK universities’ report commissioned by Universities UK. Based on data produced for […]