A range of fun and engaging teaching resources are now live as part of this year’s award-winning Let’s Count! campaign for primary schools. Together with education resource centre, iChild, the Office for National Statistics has once again created content which will bring census data to life in the classroom. Since …
Read More »Whizz Education partners with PiXL to deliver free summer learning activities for schools
Education partner Whizz Education is teaming-up with PiXL (Partners in Excellence) to deliver a suite of free summer learning activities across disciplines that will focus on the topic of climate change and ‘Building for a Greener Future.’ Activities will be based around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 7, 9, 11 …
Read More »The importance of collaboration and a whole curriculum approach to STEM
Ahead of last week’s launch in Paisley of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK ( the free learning programme designed to inspire young people, aged 4 to 19, with its creative projects showcasing collaborations across science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM)), we were delighted to sit down with Dr Anne-Marie …
Read More »UNBOXED puts creativity at the heart of UK-wide learning programme designed to inspire millions of young people
Millions of young people across the UK are set to benefit from a unique schools’ programme that puts creativity and collaboration at the heart of learning based on real-world examples. UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK is launching the programme designed to inspire young people, aged 4 to 19, with its …
Read More »STEM Learning’s Yvonne Baker awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year 2022 Honours List
STEM Learning’s Yvonne Baker has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year 2022 Honours List for services to STEM education. Yvonne, 56, was appointed Chief Executive of STEM Learning in October 2010. During her time at STEM Learning, she has fulfilled a long-held ambition for many in the …
Read More »Millennium Point Charitable Trust extends deadline for applications to 2022 STEM grant programme
The Millennium Point Charitable Trust has announced it has reached a landmark £30m in STEM support to organisations across the West Midlands over the last seven years – including £4.98m in the last financial year alone. Opened in 2001, Millennium Point is a landmark public building in the Eastside of …
Read More »Teaching resources for Airship Dreamers
Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) has developed a series of teaching resources to help schools in and around Bedfordshire explore the iconic airships of Bedford’s past. BCA’s Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity project, delivered in partnership with The Higgins Bedford, provides a great way for schools to link local, social history to …
Read More »North Welsh science park helps launch careers of Bangor University students
A science park in north Wales is helping a record number of Bangor University students get their foot in the door and take the first steps in their careers. Anglesey’s Menai Science Park (M-SParc) by Bangor University has helped more than 70 per cent of students interning with businesses at …
Read More »Gower College Swansea apprenticeship scheme named best in UK
Welsh-based further education institution, Gower College Swansea, has scooped a top accolade at a national awards ceremony. Gower College Swansea won Apprenticeship Programme of the Year at the annual Tes FE Awards, which recognises the best further education organisations supporting learners across the UK. The college was commended for developing …
Read More »School students across the country help scientists annotate genome
Students from 50 UK schools have been helping scientists from the Sanger Institute annotate the genome of the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura. Their efforts could support the development of a vaccine to prevent a neglected tropical disease linked to malnutrition and cognitive developmental problems in children. The students are taking part in …
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