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The term “outdoor classroom” has almost now become a generic, synonymous term for an outdoor learning programme within a school environment but nowadays, the actual product itself has taken on a new meaning as it is embraces so many different applications. These different and diverse applications warrant therefore a different …

FIRST® LEGO® League, a global science and technology challenge, is now open to entry for teams of young people from across Cambridgeshire. This year’s theme is INTO ORBIT and teams of 9 – 16 year olds will be taken on an ‘out of this world’ experience as they explore space-themed …

Bookings open on the 5th September for the world’s largest, free, youth film festival, a UK-wide, education focused event for schools, colleges, youth leaders and home educators: www.intofilm.org/festival. Taking place from November 7-23, the sixth Into Film Festival offers 2600 free screenings and events, with teaching resources, for 5-19 year-olds, …

The merger of two North East colleges has proved to be a “resounding success”, one year on. Sunderland College merged with Hartlepool Sixth Form College in September 2017. There was overwhelming support for the merger, which also received backing from the Sixth Form Commissioner and FE Commissioner. According to the …

Birmingham-based Innovating Minds CIC has been shortlisted for the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards in the Entrepreneur for Good of the Year award. Innovating Minds CIC beat off some tough competition in order to make the regional shortlist, with a record number of businesses entering the awards nationally across …

As A level results come out today, the British Academy warns that fewer students studying humanities subjects threatens the future of these subjects at university level. New analysis published today by the national academy for the humanities and social sciences points to a decline in A level entries in modern …

University Academy 92 (UA92) has announced that Trafford Council has approved the planning application to transform the former Kellogg’s building on Talbot Road, Old Trafford, into their main campus. The application, submitted by Trafford Bruntwood LLP, to develop the premises into a state-of-the-art teaching and learning space, including a Human …

To celebrate the Science Museum’s blockbuster exhibition The Sun: Living With Our Star, running from 6 October 2018 to 6 May 2019, the museum will be hosting a series of unique events. From a dance performance inspired by sunlight’s journey to Earth, the world premiere of a specially commissioned audio-visual …

A specially staged production of the National Theatre’s award-winning play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will begin a 12-week tour to 60 schools across the UK in September 2018. The production will visit five selected secondary schools each week across London and the UK, touring to …

The V&A recently announced that over 60 objects will travel to five locations across England from September 2018 to support the teaching of art, design and technology in secondary schools, as part of its educational initiative DesignLab Nation. Highlights include a ceramic tile by the Turner prize-winning artist Grayson Perry …