ITT census data indicates more people are training to teach
The latest Initial Teacher Training (ITT) census data shows strong growth in trainee numbers, with over 32,000 talented individuals choosing teaching as a career choice – a rise of 11% on last year – though the NFER says overall secondary recruitment still falls short of the numbers required. Physics trainees are up 36%, computing up 44%, and […]
Brexit could lead to struggle in recruiting international students…
If the UK does decide to leave the EU after a vote is cast in the EU referendum on June 23, a report from the international student recruitment company, Hobsons, has declared that UK universities could find it difficult to attract international students. Almost half (47 per cent) of the 1,763 students who expressed their […]
Guest Blog, Jim Bowes: Embracing digital developments in higher education…
Jim Bowes is the CEO and co-founder of Manifesto – the award winning digital agency specialising in Agile consultancy, technology, content and strategic user experience design, and set up the London-based business in 2011. Digital disruption is rapidly changing the services that organisations offer and the ways in which individuals access information. The impact that […]
Parents’ obsession with smart phones affecting child conversation skills, research claims…
With substantial claims made by a number education professionals that technology can prove beneficial to a child’s learning, new research from the advice and information service for head teachers, The Key, has declared that parents’ continued use of smart phones is increasingly affecting young children’s social skills; making them unprepared for the commencement of primary […]
Mover Kit combines creative imagination with educational challenges…
Mover Kit, a wearable technology developed by the London-based start-up, Technology Will Save Us, has been designed to educate young children on fundamental programming and electronic skills; meanwhile encouraging the use of creative imagination to complete problem solving tasks using ‘computational’ thinking. Joining an array of educational kits created by the firm, Mover Kit comes […]