As a prospective student, choosing a college can be a daunting challenge due to the numerous criteria you have to consider thoroughly in order to be confident with your choice. Many interrelated aspects determine how your experience is going to be at an academic, personal and professional level. Even students …
Read More »Free safeguarding software and support during national emergency
In light of the COVID-19 national emergency and the resulting fact that students are having to work from home, leading safeguarding provider One Team Logic is offering all schools free usage of its MyConcern software. The unprecedented school closures and social distancing measures in place across the UK, are leading …
Read More »EduCare make a number of courses free in response to school closures
The impact of Coronavirus is affecting people in many ways. Duty of care and safeguarding training specialists, EduCare, recognise the impact that school closures will have on the safeguarding of children and young people, and have made a number of their courses and resources available for free online. The courses …
Read More »New ‘Great Exhibition at Home’ challenge launched to inspire young innovators in wake of school shutdown
The Great Exhibition at Home Challenge is a positive contribution to independent learning at home during this period of unprecedented Covid-19 disruption from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, the Royal Academy of Engineering and Big Ideas. Meaningful, structured and creative STEM activities build to an exhibition to …
Read More »Babbel offers free language learning for UK students during COVID-19 pandemic
As schools and universities across the U.K. close, leading language learning app Babbel (www.babbel.com) is offering all school and university students free access to its app for a month. The move comes after the successful provision of free Babbel to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and is …
Read More »Cybersmile Foundation offers free digital education and support in response to coronavirus crisis
Cybersmile has announced details of digital education and support available for people being affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, including those self-isolating and those in quarantine. With schools closing daily around the world, Cybersmile is offering use of its full curriculum of lesson plans and access to its interactive learning programme, …
Read More »Carol Vorderman offers online maths tutoring site to all children (aged 4-12) for free following UK schools closures
Following the Government’s decision to close UK schools to minimise the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Carol Vorderman and the world’s learning company Pearson, have announced that their online maths tutoring programme, The Maths Factor, will be made available for free from today (Monday 23 March 2020) to support childrens’ continued …
Read More »Free science lessons from MEL Science
MEL Science, a leading science education company, has launched free online science lessons with practical experiments that students can carry out at home. School closures mean that many science teachers and parents are wondering how to handle practical hands-on experiments for students at home. Against a backdrop of a $1bn …
Read More »Toque d’Or® Finals and Awards Postponed until late 2020
In light of the current situation surrounding COVID-19 and the advice from Public Health England, Katya Simmons, Managing Director of Nestle Professional® UK & Ireland, has confirmed that the Toque d’Or 2020 Grand Finals and Awards, set to take place in April and June, have now been postponed until later …
Read More »FutureLearn launches free online courses to support educators affected by COVID-19
FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, is launching a free online course called ‘How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students’, designed to support educators currently faced with the imminent move to online teaching as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. With the continuation of the coronavirus pandemic, many schools …
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