Educational event

The second ever National Schools Snowsport Week (www.nssw.co.uk) will take place from 24-30 April 2017 and is backed by Winter Olympians Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, Dave Ryding, Aimee Fuller and Graham Bell. Aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to snowsports, the Snowsport England initiative will work with …

The Worshipful Company of Marketors, “The Marketors”, has announced the launch of its Enterprise Challenge in which the apprentices at Westminster Kingsway College are tasked with demonstrating that “Marketing for Good is Good Marketing”. Apprentices from companies such as Nielsen’s, Westminster Wealth Management, Urban Planters, Rain Cloud Victoria, Axiom TDM …

YPO, the UK’s largest publicly owned buying organisation, has joined hands with The Roald Dahl Literary Estate to sponsor the 100th birthday celebrations of the world’s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl. Ahead of the ‘Roald Dahl 100’ birthday celebrations on 13th September 2016, YPO has announced a splendiferous opportunity for a …

Schools around the world are being encouraged to take part in a special live broadcast next month and host tea parties to celebrate the official 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. Discovery Education has been given exclusive access to the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle, where a marquee will host …

St Albans School will be hosting Forum on Education, a teacher-organised, one-day conference, on 28th May. Entitled ‘Assessment and Feedback in Secondary Education,’ the conference is aimed at both state and independent sector teaching staff, to support and give greater ownership of their Continuous Professional Development (CPD). St Albans School’s Forum on Education (SASFE), …

Released today, the biggest annual study into British children’s reading habits, What Kids Are Reading has revealed that the most popular book for secondary school children is Girl Online by vlogger Zoe Sugg aka Zoella. The report reflects the impact of social media on children’s book choices, with Zoella’s 10 …

The Bright Ideas Challenge is a new national, curriculum linked schools competition, which will challenge young people age 11-14 to assume the role of future scenarios planners and to use their STEM learning to imagine creative solutions to the types of energy challenges that cities in 2050 will face (by 2050 it’s estimated that 3 out of four …

As tablets and laptops creep ever more into our homes, schools and workplaces, Cambridge University Press are teaming up with National Stationery Week and SATIPS to launch a handwriting competition proving that the stylus and the tablet can live side by side with pen and paper. The competition, which runs …

On 17 November, Ogilvy & Mather Group UK’s Vice Chairman, Rory Sutherland, will kick off BIMA’s Digital Day at one of the participating schools in London with a 20-minute presentation to students. Visualise will use its innovative 360° live video streaming technology to create a ‘virtual event’ bringing Sutherland into …

Calling all teachers and schools across the UK! From November 2015, FUZE Technologies Ltd is offering a limited number of FREE coding and electronics workshops for students aged seven to 18. The hour-long workshops, which must be booked by 31st December, will teach students essential computing skills, including hands-on coding …