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Seeing a gap in many students’ education one of the world’s leading accountancy software devlopers has developed Sage At School a student’s educational programme in business finance. A recent commercial agreement means this significant educational programme is now available from www.keen2learn.co.uk Despite modern teaching resources many senior executives from employers and [...]

After a multitude of delays due to the relocation of manufacture Thinking Dice are due in stock from 16th May 2012. These much sought after educational games get children to think laterally and develop a higher order evaluation and creative thinking through their use as an English game teaching resource.
The Thinking Dice are available in a single pack [...]

One of the greatest assets we can teach our children is the art of conversation. The educational value of expressing a viewpoint or concern that can be achieved  through an educational game called Fink Cards is immeasurable in school, higher education and at work. At the moment it would also help to rationally express an [...]

The economic situation has reduced employment opportunities for many school leavers. Any parent wants the best for their children and relevant qualifications that help in the job interview is high on the agenda. The new Sage business studies educational program helps children with their job prospects by providing a short business studies course in bookkeeping, [...]

A further revelation by Ofqual the school exam regulator has repercussions with parents, schools, universities and employers. Most importantly it will demoralise the children involved. For years the flood of criticism over falling standards that emerged each year as the exam results were published were quashed by Ofqual. Now, suddenly, they have issued a statement [...]

The quest to improve educational exam results and avoid manipulation, which is ultimately self-defeating, has focused on A levels content. Universities have revealed that the improvement in A levels pass rates has not been evident in the ability of first year students on degree courses.
Glenys Stacey, chief executive of the exam regulator Ofqual has said [...]

The National Trust believes children are being stifled from effective learning due to the influence of modern life. Technology, health and safety and over bearing parents have prevented children from experiencing the educational benefits of early years learning in the outdoor real world.
The National Trust’s director general, Dame Fiona Reynolds, launched the Trust’s report [...]

The controversy over the educational value of lessons and exams in secondary schools has reached universities. The tuition fees to paid by students has spawned a new generation of under graduate who want value for money.
Teaching resources at universities have been warned to raise their game. The relaxed style of some university lecturers who overuse [...]

Over the past five years the Department of Education has continuously criticised UK teaching resources over the quality of exams in primary and secondary education. SAT’s are inadequate and manipulated through the “teach to test” syndrome; GCSE exams are too easy and A levels are an scant measure of a student’s real ability. Coupled to [...]

Recycling redundant laptops is generally a problem for waste disposal. But a power station in  Marseilles, 75 miles southwest of Chicago in the USA has put their old laptops to great use. As the laptops become outmoded for the technical demands of the LeSalle power station they donate them to a local primary school. The [...]

Many parents aware of the struggles of the educational system; academies, free schools, classroom disruption, strikes and demoralised teachers, may wonder how effectively their children are to be educated. Add the increasing possibility that more children are not going to get into schools of their choice and the gloom increases. But there is an alternative [...]

In a time of austerity, tightened schools budgets and pay and pension reviews the Department of Education plays some interesting games with money. Seventeen consultant companies were paid a total of 66 million pounds in fees last year. The money was primarily to fund support in setting up academies and free schools has created significant [...]

In a move to capture the vast educational market for computer teaching resources, Intel has launched its latest classroom resource at a very competitive price. Inevitably the design will be branded by computer giants as a way of offering fun educational games into the classroom as well as a prime teaching aid. The design, running [...]

A schooling nightmare stills haunts the lives of most parents. The failure to secure a place in the preferred school allocation means that the second choice school generates a feeling of disappointment but parents concerned over the quality of a school can materially help in the education process. A key element of schooling is practice. [...]

Many children enjoy the outside classroom and  learning  experience from the likes of biology field games. But it can be a nuisance to wash all those young hands afterwards. Luckily an inventive supplier has come up with a great solution; a portable hand wash unit. The Kidiwash is available as a compact fold down wash [...]

One of the critical areas of learning involves maths. This foundational bedrock to all education is often regarded as a chore. Some adults even claim with an element of bravado that they never understood arithmetic. But as jobs become harder to get commercial organisations and further education colleges could well delineate applicants on their ability [...]

Technology is on the increase as a valuable teaching resource in schools. Over the past 20 years a significant portion of educational budgets have been invested in electronic teaching support from educational games to interactive whiteboards.
But this technological approach has risks. Advances in design and performance can make equipment outmoded within a year and it [...]

The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw has advised Head Teachers that the standard of literacy in primary schools has stagnated. This shock revelation comes after an intensive literacy educational programme that has stalled. Twenty per cent of primary school children still fail to achieve the expected standard in English literacy, the same level as [...]

Recent reports on national TV revealed the latest range of electric car and vans. Quiet, efficient and with a government grant; reasonably priced. But children need to learn about renewable energy alternatives and one of the best contenders is the hydrogen fuel cell now available in schools as a science teaching resource to support the [...]

Charles Dickens the renowned literary genius was born 200 years ago. His prowess in the English language allowed him to play games through his story telling ability that continues to captivate his modern audience. Yet whilst most adults recognise this exceptional and lasting talent we are witnessing a trend in children who fail to recognise [...]

We were able to combine Climate Week with Science Week by promoting renewable energy teaching resources to secondary schools in Sheffield. The lectures entitled “How to store Sunlight” were developed to get children in secondary school science lessons  to think about renewable energy; its beneficial uses and equally important how renewable energy can be stored. [...]

Congratulations to the Gillespie Primary School London N5 1LH who turned the power off in their school for an hour last Friday. The idea was to promote Climate Week and the school assembly that took place during the shut down was used to get children thinking about energy consumption.

A survey by the Australian Council for Educational Research revealed some interesting interpretations of the world around year six (11 year old) children in school. Is this the result of a vivid imagination, misinterpretation of the facts or poor educational stimulus at school or in the home.
The survey aimed at discovering children’s appreciation of the [...]

Despite the hype over the opportunity for graduates to earn more and be able to pay back the tuition fee with ease the reality is a little different. At the end of the schooling process lasting circa 15 years graduates have predominately lost out in the job stakes.
Around 33 per cent of graduates are now [...]

The president and CEO of the International Education Corporation (IEC), Fardad Fateri had launched an attack on the current presidential campaign. The emphases on who will put the economy back on track rather than what has left little discourse on education. Apart from the accusation that President Obama is an educational snob little has been [...]

The long awaited report into the relevance of the arts in the national curriculum has just been published. The Darren Henley report covers a wide range of factors that support the cultural education values to the UK creative industry and economy. The report focuses on the need for every child to have an understanding of [...]

The Independent schools sector in the UK has traditionally offered a better standard of education to children. Devoid of primary government interference they have cut a furrow the envy of many state schools. Parents, anxious to provide the best educational format for their offspring would select the independent school whenever they could afford the fees.
Many [...]

In an effort to transform Ireland’s higher educational format the government is asking all institutions to tell them what they do and how they do it. The programme seeks to remove duplications and derive a more meaningful education strategy as part of the commitment announced by the Irish government in 2011. more

Rick Santorum the Presidential hopeful said a lot of American students do not want a college education. In the wonderful world of politics and presidential elections he had called President Obama a snob by encouraging students to go for higher education. Seems they are playing educational games to score points. The real problem is the [...]

The Australian government, concerned over the continuing slippage in educational standards and teaching resources has commissioned a report into the situation by David Gonski a leading Sydney businessman. Published last week the report has been widely acclaimed as addressing the situation. The five billion dollar investment the report recommends probably has something to do with [...]