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As Northern Ireland’s business development agency, Invest Northern Ireland’s (Invest NI’s) role is to grow the local economy. The organisation does this by helping new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting new investment to the region. With that in mind, it will travel to London Excel from …

Schools across the country are being invited to sign up for The Big Pedal 2017 – a national challenge to get more young people cycling and scooting to school, backed by double Olympic gold medallist cyclist Joanna Rowsell Shand. The Big Pedal 2017, which runs from Monday 20 to Friday …

Oxford-based day and boarding school Rye St Antony is preparing for a creative start to the new year with a huge art project in collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral. Work is already well under way for the Year 5 pupils under the direction of the school’s Head of Art and …

In 2015, to coincide with Tim Peake becoming the first British astronaut aboard the International Space Station, the Unlimited Space Agency (UNSA) launched The Astro Science Challenge, a story-led series of interactive tasks designed to engage children aged 7-11 with STEM subjects. UNSA, whose mission is to inspire and help …

Leeds Beckett University has teamed up with Burley and Woodhead Church of England Primary School in West Yorkshire and Alive and Kicking Theatre Company to investigate creative ways of increasing children’s motivation for writing. Dr Tom Dobson, Principal Lecturer in the Carnegie School of Education and project leader, explained: “National …

SIVECO Belgium Sprl announces Wand.education™, a web based content creation platform that enables teachers to develop interactive lessons in minutes, deliver engaging content across multiple devices and assess students’ performance. With Wand.education™ teachers can create dynamic presentations using pre-built templates such as galleries, mindmaps, flashcards, labels and many more. One …

The Prospect union has written to education secretary Justine Greening requesting a meeting with Department for Education officials to discuss the government’s funding plans and strategy for school improvement. In the letter, national secretary Philippa Childs welcomes the government’s announcement of £50m a year for local authorities to continue to …

Character education – important for building strong, resilient learners – is once again top of the agenda thanks to Inspiring Learning, winner of Best Residential Experience in this year’s School Travel Awards, who have announced plans to expand its network of award-winning Kingswood outdoor learning centres, designed to help develop …

LocknCharge is giving one lucky UK school the chance to win one of the hottest ed tech gadgets of the year. In busy classrooms, we all need time-saving solutions that enable us to carry on with our day. The portable CarryOn™ Charging Station charges and secures five iPads or tablets, …

Bright children from poorer backgrounds are far less likely to go to university or study A-levels that could get them into top universities than their wealthier counterparts – even if they live in the same neighbourhood and achieve similar results at GCSE. New research by the Social Mobility Commission has …