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Stuart O'Brien

Teaching shortage ‘crippling’ as support staff stand in

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School support staff are having to stand in for more and more qualified teachers each year, according to a new survey. The study found 78 per cent of school staff…

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Industry Spotlight: Slater Heelis Part Four: The grand opening

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Over the past few weeks, Nicky Collins, Partner at Slater Heelis LLP has been guiding us through the process of converting to an Academy. In this final post, we look…

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Forum Insight: 10 ways to succeed at a Networking Event

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Walking into a meeting room full of people you don’t know can be a scary experience. But there are proven ways to conquer this fear and make ‘networking’ enjoyable, useful…

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Forum Insight: What to expect from our Forums this year

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Starting off 2017 as we mean to go on, this year’s first forum ended last week, with people from across the globe booking in to the Radisson Blu Hotel for…

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Teachers facing a ‘crisis on a global scale’

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‘Digital trailblazers’ were assembled to discuss the future of EdTech, leading to the topic of what tasks could be replaced by robots. Hosted by Canvas during BETT, the roundtable event…

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Guest Blog: Dughall McCormick: What does it mean to be (digitally) literate?

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Being literate nowadays isn’t just about being able to write a story, poem, letter or even email. It is about much more than that. Young people will be leaving education…

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Student wins investment for revolutionary prototype

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A student start-up has received funding by Université Paris-Saclay to develop a revolutionary indoor gardening prototype. The system, Basile, is a self-maintaining indoor garden that only needs tending personally every three…

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Government rolls out new schools league table

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The Department of Education has published their findings revealing how schools countrywide are faring under new review measures. Part of the study has revealed for the first time how all…

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Industry Spotlight: Slater Heelis Part 3: Legal struggles

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In the third of our four-part series in converting a school into an academy, Nicky Collins, Partner at Slater Heelis LLP covers the legal documentation and processes which take place…

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New SMART board to bring iQ to the classroom

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Leading school board producer, SMART, has launched three new display lines aimed at streamlining the teaching experience. The new SMART boards, the 7000, 6000 and 2000 series are looking to…

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