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Thousands of secondary aged pupils are expected to tune in to a virtual Shakespeare lesson next week when the BBC and the RSC join forces to deliver Shakespeare: Text Detectives – the first Live Lesson about Shakespeare for secondary school aged pupils. In the month that marks both Shakespeare’s birthday …

A further 18 schools in Kent have joined an initiative to offer the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) from September 2017, taking the total number of schools involved to 27. The initiative is the second phase of a successful CP pilot, initiated by Kent County Council in partnership with …

Following a successful and comprehensive tender process, WorldSkills UK has confirmed that a Refrigeration Air Conditioning competition will be included in the WorldSkills UK Competitions portfolio in 2016. Local qualifying heats will be held across the spring and summer, with the highest scoring competitors invited to take part in the …

As part of Deb Group and the Handz campaign’s collaboration to raise awareness of hand hygiene in schools, both parties are delighted to announce an extension to the deadline for one of the programme’s initiatives – the ‘Make It Your Own’ design-a-dispenser competition. The deadline for schools to take part …

Viking, the school and office supplies channel of Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services in the UK are inviting pupils from primary and secondary schools to get their creative juices flowing and take part in Viking’s Young Inventors’ competition. Children 16 and under will be …

Teachers from Discovery Education’s UK partner schools are being offered the chance to win a trip to a prestigious ed-tech conference in Chicago this summer, where they will network with colleagues from some of North America’s leading digital schools, and learn about the latest ideas for using technology in teaching. …

Gender stereotypes around apprenticeship applications still exist despite efforts to dissipate them according to new research from GetMyFirstJob. The apprenticeship match-making platform, which has over 230,000 young people in its database, found that 91% of male applicants registered on its site were interested in construction roles as opposed to only …

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 Prince’s Trust has launched a new programme designed to support young people who are at risk of underachieving at school or college to engage with and succeed in education. The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a flexible provision for 13-19 year olds who are experiencing challenges with attendance, attainment …

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 …