Children’s author, TV presenter and singer Alesha Dixon, has been named this year’s judge of the Explore Learning Writers’ Awards.  The competition, now in its 11th year encourages children from across the UK to get their imaginations going and write a 500-word story in the hope that they will be …

Catalyst, the new £27m home for the library, careers and student services functions was officially opened last week by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.    Her Royal Highness toured the state-of-the-art building and met with students, staff and alumni as well as key people involved in the development and construction of Catalyst before officially …

Almost 200 school children from across East Anglia gathered at University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering this week (Tuesday 15 January) to compete in the IET FIRST® LEGO® League Cambridge regional heat. Team CERC, Cambourne Electronics & Robotics Club, were awarded the FIRST® LEGO® League Champions’ Award and will now …

New Change4Life teaching resources will support teachers to use English and Maths lessons to help children cut back on sugar. This comes as Public Health England (PHE) reveals the average 10 year old has already consumed at least 18 years’ worth of sugar. While children’s sugar intakes have declined slightly …

Millennium Point Charitable Trust has announced donations of more than £4.8 million to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) projects across the West Midlands last year. All of the commercial activity that takes place in the 46,450 square metre landmark Millennium Point building feeds back into the charity, enabling it …

Montessori Centre International (MCI), the leading provider of Montessori training courses, recently welcomed 80 new graduate practitioners. MCI trains more than 300 students globally each year on its diploma, foundation degree and professional development Montessori courses. Montessori settings are enjoying revived interest from parents in the UK due to their …

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has announced a partnership with equestrian centre, Rein and Shine, which broadens the range of equine provision for both groups of students. BTEC Level 3 students at Rein and Shine at Braydon, Swindon will spend an away day at the RAU in Cirencester as part …

Premier Foods is bringing back its McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year competition for the fifth year running, and will focus on how cookery skills can help build children’s overall confidence. Judges returning include – Carol Harwood, representing LACA; Andrew Green, representing the Craft Guild of Chefs; and Mark …

Villiers Park Educational Trust has announced Rae Tooth as its new Chief Executive Officer. Rae led the development of the new higher education regulator The Office for Students (OfS), as Head of Strategy and Change, and oversaw transition from the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) in April of this year. …

A new campaign led by University of Sussex academics is urging teachers and pupils to be allowed to embrace uncertainty and explore new ways to engage with knowledge. TRANSFORM-iN EDUCATION is designed to support teaching staff and pupils to have time and space within the day to break with convention …