Maths could be fun
With the exam season picking up speed there is one subject that always strikes fear in students and its maths. Yet according to a recent study, maths can actually be fun if only it was taught properly.
This announcement follows claims that thousands of students are leaving school each year, unable to make even the [...]
Managers ruining the system
There are plenty of people who could take the blame for the problems associated with education the prime candidates being the government, teachers, parents and of course pupils. However, are any of these really to blame or is there somebody else.
It seems that over the past ten years or so the rise of the faceless [...]
Students see’s African orphanage and buys it
It is very popular for students to take some time out before or after their they go to university, this would normally mean them working with a charitable organisation and travelling to a third world country and help out by working in some manner to make the lives of the people better.
However, it is not [...]
Smart table heading for UK schools
The Smart table is a device that as the title explains a table with a built in monitor that points vertically like an old video game table.
These Smart table’s will be appearing in UK classrooms sometime in the spring, this release is earlier than first expected and may have an effect on the schools budgets, [...]
Leadership programme needs help
A student leadership programme that has been run through the University of Bedford’s, department of innovation are looking for local business people to step and help out developing the students understanding of the needs and requirements to lead from the front.
The programmes aim is to enable students to develop their skills in leadership. This will [...]
Websites to get ratings
Is it possible that websites could end up getting an age rating system that is meant to protect children from accessing websites that are not suitable for their age, according to the Culture Secretary Andy Burnham?
There is no doubt that the internet contains some nasty material, but in most cases, this takes so serious searching [...]
Teaching kids about debt
With governments plans to teach children aged between five and sixteen about all matters of finance, has to be one of the best timed educational policy for a long time. They will be getting lessons in how to balance their personal finances and more importantly how to avoid debt.
In a recent survey it was found [...]
Channel Four and sex education
Some people may feel that Channel Four have got a thing about sex education, firstly there is the programme shown in the evening, which is supposed to educate the nation on all things to do with sex, however this series has been criticised for its content and early evening timeslot.
Therefore, Channel Four has learned their [...]
Billionaire Dropouts
Probably one of the main things about people, who have dropped out of school, is the fact that you would not expect them to have gone on and built a mega business empire, but surprisingly some of the most popular household names have done just that.
In a recent survey of over a thousand billionaires around [...]
How to get an online degree
Getting an online degree is a great way of getting a worthwhile qualification, but at the same time carrying on working too. This has the benefit of being able to build a career and earn some cash, instead of building up a huge debt and having to start off a career from scratch.
The procedure of [...]
School caretaker sues for £50,000
While doing a job you would expect to be getting on the job training as when needed, this could apply to many tools and even new jobs that have been added to the current work load. This is why when things go wrong there is always going to be trouble.
Anthony Gower-Smith, 73 from Hampshire was [...]
Smoking and education a strange mix
When colleges and universities accept money from tobacco companies they are thought of as signing a deal with the devil, but when this money is given as a research grant or to pay for some research to be done, then it all takes a different stance.
Like Virginia Commonwealth University they had signed an arrangement with [...]
Office 2007 no good for schools
Once again the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) have complained to the European Commission again with regards to Microsoft and their products.
In response it would seem that the European commission are going to launch a wider investigation, even though they have only recently finished an anti trust investigation on the company.
The problems surround [...]
Hawking in search of new Einstein
Having spent the majority of his life trying to explain how the universe started, Professor Stephen Hawking has now started a new search, this time it is much closer to earth. For, he is launching a new project to find the African versions of Einstein, Bill Gates, and Sergey Brins and Larry Pages (Google).
This has [...]
Education mistake costs £3.4 million
A London council and an education provider are locked in an argument over who will have to pick up the bill for an error that could cost around £3.4 million. The London borough of Waltham Forest switch the education services to the boroughs schools from one provider to another, this means that a hundred council [...]
December 28, 2007School goes carbon neutral
The co-operative society likes to be known as the community retailer and as such they like to invest in good local causes, one such scheme is the Green Energy for Schools project, this is a £1 million scheme which is designed to enable schools to become eco friendly.
The main trust of this project is to [...]
How to win
Most of us have seen people use the “Rock, Paper or Scissors” scenario in TV programmes and films for the characters to decide who goes first into the line of fire so to speak, but this method of deciding what to do, has been used in business, in fact recently a wealthy art collector could [...]
December 10, 2007Businesses in schools
It seems that there is an increase in the way that businesses are targeting kids in schools these days, to point where children are becoming brand aware at a very young age, is this a good thing?
It would seem companies are so keen to impress their future customers that they are willing to spend around [...]