Industry Events – Education Today

Facilities Show – 18-20 June 2019 – ExCeL London

dt-admin — Wed, 15 May 2019 14:47:03 +0000

As the world’s largest dedicated facilities management event, Facilities Show unites FM professionals from all sectors with suppliers, advisers and specialists for unrivalled business opportunities.

www.facilitiesshow.com

New National Creative Learning Awards now open for nominations

Jonathan Swift — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:55:50 +0000

The Creative Learning Guild, a charity based in Yorkshire which supports the grassroots creative learning movement across the UK, has announced today that nominations are open for the new National Creative Learning Awards.

The new national Creative Learning Awards will celebrate the inspirational innovators, educators and practitioners who live and breathe creative learning. The judging panel includes an Olivier award-winning theatre producer, a representative from the international Lego Foundation, leading disability arts professional Ruth Gould, and acclaimed poet Ian McMillan. Ian says “I’m proud to be a judge for the Creative Learning Awards because in these turbulent times we need Creative Learning more than ever, and we need criteria by which to judge the value of the Creative Learning. As a judge, I’ll be creative, and I know I’ll learn a lot!”

As Managing Director of The Creative Learning Guild, Gilly Bryerley, explains: “These new awards are designed to shine a spotlight on the efforts and achievements of the unsung heroes fighting for creative learning. Given that the arts in schools are declining whilst at the same time the creative industries are the fastest growing sector in the country, we need some dynamic and visible support for the people who keep creative learning on the agenda. The judging criteria have been influenced by educators and practitioners themselves, and these are the first awards of their kind that bring together creativity and learning under one supportive and cohesive force. The nomination system is based online, so people and organisations can join the Guild to and nominate inspirational people and projects from anywhere in the UK”.

The awards range across 21 categories, including formal education, the arts and the creative industries.

Nominations are open on 27th September and you join and nominate yourself, friends and projects that have inspired you over the last 12 months in 4 easy questions. According to Ruth Gamble, Head of Programmes: “The Guild is a fellowship; a membership of passionate and like-minded people. By becoming a member and nominating their creative heroes, people and organisations are committing to support creative learning, and each other, in this fight for recognition and validation”.

Nominate at http://www.creativelearningguild.co.uk/national-awards

Nominations will close on Friday 14th December at 12 midnight. Shortlisted entries will receive an invitation to the Creative Learning Summit to be held in early March 2019.

The 2018 Academies Show

Jonathan Swift — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:13:26 +0000

The Academies Show London is the leading education policy and best-practice event for all senior school management teams for all school types across the broad and varied education sector.

With continued support from the DfE, ESFA, OFSTED, STA, CCS and major sector associations such as FASNA, ASCL, NAHT, ISBL and NGA, this is your opportunity to hear from over 100 speakers, across 11 CPD certified theatres, on the topics that are affecting your school business management, teaching quality and pupil outcomes, including:

School Funding & Financial Management
Staff Recruitment & Retention
Governance
School Inspections
GDPR Compliance
SEND Services
Converting to an Academy
Forming/Growing a MAT
Social Mobility & Mental Health
School Buildings & Facilities
Technology and ICT

This is a day for peer-to-peer networking, sharing best-practice with school leadership teams from academies, maintained schools and MATS from across the country. It’s a chance for your school to build relationships with over 150 leading education solution providers, and gaining 8 CPD points towards your training and continued career progression.

Register now for the 2018 Academies Show

Jonathan Swift — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:10:35 +0000

Now in its eighth year, The Academies Show is the leading education event for all schools, covering every facet of the education system.

The free-to-attend event presents a full programme of CPD certified content across 11 stages, which totals over 40 hours of incisive discussion (including a dedicated ‘Technology and Learning Open’ theatre). Running alongside the conference, over 150 suppliers will be on hand to demonstrate the very latest in education technology, designed to help schools save money, improve the learning experience and deliver outstanding pupil outcomes.

Taking place exactly one month before GDPR enforcement, we’re delighted to announce that the Department for Education and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will be delivering two important sessions surrounding preparation for GDPR compliance. The sessions will outline the support available to schools to effectively prepare for GDPR, exploring the impact of how out of date IT systems might have on compliance and highlighting the potential impact of fines for rule breaches.

With the matter of enforcement now only weeks away, it is vital that school leaders understand who the appropriate individual for the role of ‘Data Protection Officer’ is, and ensure they are fully aware of their responsibilities.

Constantly evolving to meet the ever-changing issues facing the education sector, The Academies Show has an exciting range of new and improved features for London in 2018. The Government Village returns bigger and better than before, staffed by representatives from the Department for Education, Education & Skills Funding Agency, Schools Commercial Team and the Standards & Testing Agency. The Government Village provides the opportunity to put your questions to senior department advisors and policymakers.

Following its successful debut at The Academies Show in 2017, the ‘Hot Seat’ returns once again with more speakers, more discussion and more opportunity to affect change in the education landscape. At route of the event is the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with your colleagues from academies, maintained schools, local authorities and education charities across the sector – something that can be done in abundance at the brand new ‘Central Networking Area’.

The 11 stages of content will be delivered in a variety of different formats, each designed to suit your individual needs; from panel discussions to seminars to informal interviews.

Chaired by Sir Steve Lancashire, the Main Stage provides the opportunity to hear from an impressive range of education leaders, including representatives from the Department for Education, Ofsted, FASNA and the NGA. Returning to the show this year, we have the FASNA sponsored MAT Summit, providing a unique insight into governance and best-practice and available funding for Multi Academy Trusts.

The beating heart of the Academies Show London is the exhibition floor, with a huge range of suppliers offering the latest technology to help with the issues you face in your school. From providers of the latest in cutting edge Edtech, including Adobe, Pearson, Smoothwall and Educare, to experts demonstrating products and services designed to reduce costs and improve classroom outcomes.

Put simply, this is not an event just for academies, but for all types of school. Delivered in partnership with the DfE, ESFA, OFSTED, STA, ICO, CCS and major sector associations such as FASNA, ASCL, NAHT, ISBL and NGA, this is the leading education policy event to support school business management, teaching quality and pupil outcomes.

The Academies Show takes place on the 25^th April 2018 at ExCel London.

To register for free please visit: http://www.academiesshow.london

BAFTA LAUNCHES NEW CREATIVE CAREERS SHOWCASE AND ONLINE QUIZ

dt-admin — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:59:42 +0000

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is calling on teachers and careers advisers to sign up for its first ever careers event for educators, being held at its HQ at 195 Piccadilly, London, on Thursday 9^th November.

With the creative industries worth over £84bn to the UK and growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy (Dept for Digital, Culture, Media & Sports, gov.uk 201&), the event is designed to showcase the wide variety of opportunities available to young people in this thriving sector.

At the free event teachers will be invited to join panel discussions, workshops and breakout sessions covering subjects as diverse as talent spotting, career pathways, skills shortages, regional employment hubs and the realities of self-employment.

BAFTA award winning industry professionals will give first hand insights into how young people can get their talent noticed, the skills required to forge a successful career and training opportunities.

Teachers will also have the chance to try out BATA’s new online Careers Quiz, http://guru.bafta.org/careers-quiz, at the event.

The personality-based quiz takes young people through real life scenarios and based on their responses, suggests careers within the creative industries that fit with their natural aptitudes.

Each role is supported with a wealth of information on skills needed, routes into the career, as well as films from individuals already working in those roles, making the film an ideal classroom resource or content for careers and options evenings.

Tim Hunter, BAFTA’s Director of Learning and New Talent commented: “We know that it can be challenging for teachers and careers advisers to give sound, up-to-date advice on getting into these industries as they’re evolving so fast. New roles are emerging all the time and the routes into film, games and television can be less formal and structured than in other sectors.

“Through our new BAFTA Creative Careers Showcase and Careers Quiz we want to show educators and young people that if you find the right career fit, have the benefit of quality information and mentors, and know how to access training and networking opportunities, there’s a good chance of securing a job doing something you really love.”

Booking a ticket

To register for a free ticket for BAFTA’s first Creative Careers Showcase Event on Thursday 9^th November from 1pm – 5pm, teachers should send an email to events@bafta.org by Thursday 2^nd November.

Keeping it cool under pressure: SkillFRIDGE qualifying heats underway

dt-admin — Tue, 23 May 2017 14:25:04 +0000

The qualifying heats for the SkillFRIDGE 2017 competition are well underway, with apprentices and students studying up to Level 3 in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector competing to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and unbounded potential in an exciting and pressurised environment.

SkillFRIDGE recognises the importance of the RACHP industry – and the skills of those within it – to modern day life. The competition provides an unrivalled platform for the country’s best aspiring engineers, enabling them to receive individual informative feedback from a judging panel chosen for their expertise in the industry, improving not only their skills but also their self-esteem.

Stephen Taylor, winner of the regional heat hosted at Eastleigh College on 27 April 2017, feels that his experience with SkillFRIDGE has already proven invaluable: “The competition has boosted my confidence. I did it last year as well, and it was really helpful getting tips from the judges, which I’ve now put into practice.”

The remaining heats are due to be held at Grimsby Institute, Leeds College of Building, College of North West London, with the final heat scheduled to take place at North Kent College on 12 July 2017.

Once the regional heats are concluded, the six top scoring participants will be announced and invited to compete in the SkillFRIDGE final which will take place at The Skills Show, organised by WorldSkills UK, on 16-18 November 2017 at theNEC Birmingham. Competitors who score above 65% during the final will be automatically considered to represent the UK in the international WorldSkills Competition, to be held in Russia in 2019. These high scoring competitors will also be signed up to a two year fast track training course to compete internationally.

Improving the world with the power of skills

Many industries are facing a pressing issue; waves of skilled professionals from the baby boom generation are planning their retirement, and the ever changing job market is transforming the dynamics of how and where people work, leaving a trail of skills gaps in its wake.

Worldskills UK is an independent organisation and network of experts from education and industry who have joined forces to tackle this issue head on by inspiring young people in the UK. The aim is to reduce the widening skills gap by providing hands on experiences, allowing young people to explore skills and vocational pathways and motivating them to find out more about the world of work, industry brands and key organisations.

As the nation’s largest careers event, The SkillsShow plays a major role in this plan. The show allows young people to explore career pathways in a range of sectors which they may not have previously considered, as well as a priceless opportunity to network with expert careers advisors and key influencers within major industry players.

For the young people taking part in the 200+ skills competitions, they are provided with a platform on which to demonstrate their talent to potential employers as well as raising the standards within their sector by becoming a role model to others.

Be a part of the future

The RACHP industry is often a hidden industry, but modern life would not be possible without it. Air conditioning and refrigeration is undoubtedly essential, but whilst the industry will continue to grow it is facing a real skills shortage that can only be eased by the investment of time, support and resources from schools, governments and businesses.

With over 80,000 11-24 year olds in attendance at The Skills Show, SkillFRIDGE is an opportunity to project the varied range of exciting career paths available for bright individuals within this vital industry.

Sponsoring SkillFRIDGE is the perfect way for brands to show their investment in the future engineers of the RACHP industry, and to align themselves with the highest standard of skill. A range of sponsorship opportunities are still available, and provide an opportunity to have your brand profiled within a wide reaching national and international media campaign with leading industry media partners.

For more information on sponsoring SkillFRIDGE, please contact:
Karena Cooper, SkillFRIDGE Competition Operating Partner (COP) Manager
Tel: 01622 699 150
E-mail: kcooper@datateam.co.uk

Record number of competitors signed up for SkillFRIDGE!

dt-admin — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:22:31 +0000

SkillFRIDGE, the national, refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump competition sponsored by Toshiba, is enjoying a record year in terms of student participation. Over 42 registrations were received ahead of the April 7 deadline, its highest number ever.

Qualifying heats are being held in colleges and training centres around the country. Students competed at Southern Regional College’s Portadown campus on 24 March; Glasgow College on 28 March; Cardiff & Vale College on 6 April and at Eastleigh College on 27 April.

The remaining heats will take place at Grimsby College on 21 June and North Kent College on 19 July. The six highest scores from the regional heats, plus last year’s winner, will be invited to the final held at the NEC as part of The Skills Show in November.

The skill-specific tests are designed by RACHP industry experts. The regional heats have two tasks that include:
(i) Fabrication, brazing, pressure test, evacuation task,
(ii) A control wiring and testing task – (refrigerant is not used at this stage)

The final incorporates RAC level 2 knowledge and practical tasks including charging and recovery of refrigerants to Fgas 2079 (cat 1) standards, plus elements of Level 3 RAC.

Competition organising partner manager Karena Cooper comments: “Since we started on this journey our mission was to raise the profile of this exciting industry and engage more students in the competition to help address the future skills crisis. It’s as much about retention as it is recruitment and the competition plays an important part in showing these students that they made the right career choice and to stick at it!”

Commenting on the stellar line-up of judges, competition project manager Mark Forsyth says: “We are very pleased to have past SkillFRIDGE and WorldSkills UK international competitors Stuart Millar, Chris Bailie, Liam Dean, Ryan Unwin and Steve Burge on the judging panel, together with industry professionals Derek Davies (EABS/IOM/BSI), Graeme Fox (BESA) who have assisted to date. There is the opportunity for more industry professionals to assist in judging – we welcome anyone interested to get in touch.”

In addition to Toshiba as lead sponsor, equipment suppliers and sponsors include A-Gas, Advanced Engineering, Dean & Wood, Refrigeration Wholesale, Vulkan Industries and Fieldpiece. ACR Refrigeration Training and Business Edge are Training Providers.

The event is supported by a number of Associations including FETA; The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR). It also has support from three other industry leading events, the ACR News Awards, the HVR Awards and the HVAC & Refrigeration Show.

“We have also had the opportunity for a specialist to demonstrate the Safeflame® brazing unit (a new safer flame from water) which is the result of an EU funded project for the HVAC and education sectors,” says Mark.

There is still room for more companies to get involved, says Karena: “The competition is a fantastic opportunity for companies to showcase the quality of their brand, providing a unique way of achieving brand awareness to apprentices of all ages and abilities.”

SkillFRIDGE the perfect boost for a career in this indispensable industry

dt-admin — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:03:12 +0000

SkillFRIDGE 2017 is looking for talented apprentices or students in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry with a thirst to learn more and the desire to show industry their potential. Registration is now open and there are two routes into the competition: students can put themselves forward; while employers, trainers and teachers are also invited to enter any students they feel are up to the challenge.

The competition focus is to inspire apprentices to push their technical and professional knowledge to the limit. It’s an
opportunity to use the latest products on the market and to understand best working practices and current legislation requirements.

Industry giant Toshiba is the lead brand sponsor of SkillFRIDGE, the national refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump competition which forms part of the WorldSkills UK portfolio, a government led initiative designed to champion apprenticeships and technical skills development programmes.

The competition is aimed at apprentices and students studying up to Level 3 RACHP. Those who fit the part, will have the chance to compete in an exciting and pressurised environment to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Registration is now open and will remain open until April 7.

Qualifying heats will begin during the registration period and will be held in colleges and training centres, allowing students to show off their talent in an accessible and familiar environment. The final will take place in November as part of The Skills Show. Additionally, success at the national final could lead to an invitation into the WorldSkills UK international competition cycle.

Qualifying heats will take place in Portadown, Northern Ireland on 24 March; Glasgow College on 28 March; Cardiff & Vale College on 6 April; Eastleigh College on 27 April and Grimsby College on 21 June with more dates and locations to be announced soon.

Competition Operating partner Karena Cooper explains: “The skills competition qualifiers will be hosted in colleges all around the UK, leading to the finals in November. We have expanded the competition reach this year, which in turn has more than quadrupled the number of opportunities for students to compete.
“The skill-specific tests are designed by RACHP industry experts, and we invite SkillFRIDGE sponsors to engage in various ways.

“Industry commitment and a show of support, whether it be commercial or just branding, influences these young people when competing in a WorldSkills UK – SkillFRIDGE competition. Companies that back the competition in this way help to challenge apprentices to work efficiently under pressure; support common inspection framework standards by using competition activity to deliver a high quality skills set; and assess apprentices’ functional skills against real life work scenarios.”

Karena continues: “The competition is a fantastic opportunity for companies to showcase the quality of their brand, providing a unique way of achieving brand awareness to apprentices of all ages and abilities.

The HVAC & Refrigeration Show is the lead media partner and is joined by ACR News, Heating & Ventilating Review and Education Today as media partners.

Peter Chitson, sales manager, Vulkan Industries comments: “Vulkan Industries is a proud supporter of SkillFRIDGE and it is great to see relevant skills such as cold pipe jointing included in the event. The Lokring product has been the market leader in this technology for many years and being able to highlight the increasing issues of hot works with the engineers of tomorrow was too good an opportunity to miss. We look forward to supporting the competition’s ongoing activity.”

Kelvin Kelly, training director at Business Edge, says: “The industry needs to attract new young engineers and technicians. Other industries seem to be better known to school leavers and college students as most further education providers have a department offering training and people are more aware of the potential earnings and career progression as a result. Refrigeration, AC and Heat Pumps tend to be seen as more “specialised”, so anything we can do to improve the image of our industry to young people by running events like this should be encouraged.

“It’s also good to have other training providers involved as we often have a slightly different experience with the learners than the colleges. I think everyone realises that for industry to grow and evolve we need skilled, professional engineers. Anything that helps to improve those skills should be endorsed by industry bodies, end users, manufacturers and consultants etc.”

Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity is a national charity, which raises funds to improve the quality of life for children in hospitals and hospices throughout the UK

dt-admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:32:38 +0000

This year Wrong Trousers Day celebrates the charity’s 12th year of bringing this national fundraising event to support sick children in hospitals and hospices!

Anyone can join in, just donate £1 for your chance to wear your weirdest and wackiest trousers for a day. We want to see everyone getting involved, who doesn’t want to wear the wrong trousers to school or work? It’s fun, simple and a great way to raise funds for those who are really in need.

For more information and to sign up for your FREE fundraising pack, visit www.wrongtrousersday.org and register today! Make sure you check out our Wrong Trousers Day Competition as well!

Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s charity works with an established network of children’s hospitals and hospices to provide the very best comforts and facilities available and to ensure children in hospital and hospices have a better, brighter future. By funding an innovative range of projects, the charity is able to enrich and enhance the lives of patients and their families in regional centers throughout the country.

Wallace & Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day raises funds for 92 children’s hospitals and hospices throughout the UK. Funds raised support projects and causes in local communities such as: art, music, play and sensory therapy; family services; state of the art equipment and child friendly environments.

“Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity has raised over £2 million, to fund 291 projects in 93 children’s hospitals and hospices from across the UK.”

Nursery2Primary Show 2015 Announces CPD Line-Up for 24-25April in Bournemouth – and it’s all Free!

dt-admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 15:44:42 +0000

Visitors to this year’s Nursery2Primary Show will benefit from two brand new content streams designed to give inspiration and insights into developments in the education and care sector’s dynamic and changing environment. Both the N2PS Leadership Programme and the N2PS Academy deliver CPD sessions that will not only inspire, but also provide practical examples that can be easily implemented in their day-to-day work.

The N2PS Leadership Programme is a series of sessions designed to deliver inspirational thinking from some of the most recognised thought leaders and practitioners in the education and care community. With their wealth of knowledge and experience in turning around the lives of less-privileged young people, both Sir William Atkinson and Camilla Batmanghelidjh (CBE) will be delivering keynotes. Each session will also provide the opportunity for an interactive Q&A.

Sir William Atkinson is known to many as ‘Britain’s most successful headteacher’ who against all odds managed to ‘turn around’ Phoenix High School near White City, London, contributed to the Channel 4 series, ‘The Unteachables’ and is reported to have been the inspiration for the head teacher character played by Lenny Henry in the BBC’s school drama, Hope and Glory.

Camilla Batmanghelidjh (CBE) has established two successful charities, The place2b and Kids Company, where she and her team have cared for over 17,000 vulnerable children and young people in the UK. She has earned herself the title of ‘One of the 100 most Powerful Women in the United Kingdom by Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 and was appointed as an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her work on behalf of underprivileged children in Britain.

Separate to this, the Nursery2Primary Academy is a programme of professional development and advice seminars, workshops and mini-courses that will be both valuable and fun. Practitioners and leaders alike are encouraged to attend as many of these sessions as they wish to. Visitors to can try new things and learn from peers and experts from a wide range of disciplines including.

‘Let’s Get Physical!’ Amanda Frolich, Founder of Amanda’s Action Club will have people up on their feet as she takes them through their paces of her brand new children’s exercise programme, demonstrating her passion for children’s health and wellbeing.
‘Putting the Social in Media’ – Laura Henry, founder and Chair of NEYTCO, Vice Chair of Early Education and National Representative for the World Forum in Early Care and Education. Laura will highlight some of the ways to enhance education using apps, networking on Twitter and making effective use of other social media.
‘The Tall Tales of a Travelling Storyteller’ – Chris Connaughton, Founder of Intext Performance will transport delegates back to their own childhood with a traditional tale and will then deliver a masterclass on freeing up inhibitions and enhancing their own storytelling skills.

As a published author, he will also give visitors tips on how to increase a child’s enthusiasm for creative writing, speaking and improve listening skills in the classroom.

Commenting on this year’s offering and programme, Richard Joslin, Director of Evisstar, the event’s organiser said:

“We understand that today’s education and care professionals are extremely time-poor so we’ve combined the best of an exhibition with high-quality engaging speakers and activities that we hope people will find interesting and inspiring as well as contributing to their professional development needs, and all for free.”

SHOW REGISTRATION AND DETAILS

The show will take place at the Bournemouth International Centre on 24th and 25th April 2015.

To register for your free place, go to http://nursery2primary.com/ (add link in here – takes you to registration)….

For a full list of N2P Show Leadership Programme keynotes and Academy workshops, please go to http://nursery2primary.com/what-s-on