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Excelsior Multi-Academy Trust, a family of eight primary schools in the West Midlands, has welcomed Darren King, formally the Trust’s Director of Education, into his new role as Chief Executive Officer, this September. Darren steps into the role after two years as Excelsior’s Director of Education, bringing extensive leadership experience …

Women currently make up 17% of the engineering and technology sector’s workforce. The 40 by 40 blueprint for action, produced by the Gender Pathways collective and published on 7 September, has called on government to embed long-term, sustainable interventions to improve gender equity in education and skills. In England, by …

Children associate “Natural History” primarily with fossils, dinosaurs and museums rather than the future of the planet, according to new research submitted to the government consultation on the proposed Natural History GCSE. The findings have prompted The Lost Gardens of Heligan to ask ministers to rename the qualification “Natural Futures” …

Families facing the annual avalanche of back-to-school costs will get much-needed breathing room this September, as a major package of support begins to put money back into parents’ pockets and make daily life more affordable. As the school term begins, more than three million children from families receiving Universal Credit …

Avantis Education, creator of the world’s leading virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution designed exclusively for education and recipient of a King’s Award for Enterprise 2026 in Innovation, has launched EduverseSTEM – its most comprehensive STEM education suite to date. Designed for students aged 11 to 18, EduverseSTEM combines ClassVR …

New research has revealed that the six-week summer break takes a significant toll on pupils’ vocabulary, with screen time surging and reading habits falling away. Around 39% of parents say they are worried that this has happened to their child and the data suggests their concerns are justified, according to …

Middlesbrough College has consolidated its position as one of the North East’s leading providers of further education by rebranding a key training service in line with its strategic plan for the future. The college has announced that its successful Northern Skills division, which delivers apprenticeships, workforce training provision and bespoke …

Scottish Water, in partnership with Aberdeen Science Centre, Glasgow Science Centre, Dundee Science Centre, Dynamic Earth and the Science Skills Academy, has launched the third year of its Water Cycle Workshop, designed to encourage children across Scotland to become responsible water citizens. The Water Cycle Workshop was first developed in …

Liz Free has been announced as the new principal at Oxford International College Brighton (OIC Brighton). She joins as the college celebrates exceptional exam results. 1 in 3 students received three or more A levels at A/A*, and at GCSE 62% of all grades awarded were the equivalent of A*/A. …

Over two-thirds of young students (68%) say AI is their biggest time saver at university, as evolving technology positions itself in higher education and creates a clear generational divide between new and former students. The study from Adobe Acrobat surveyed 500 UK students and graduates to uncover how technology has reshaped academic …