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    Join the thriving MA STEM Education programme

    By: Steve Castle 6 days ago
    Posted in: Careers, Clubs and Cross-Curricular

    King's College London is pleased to offer the STEM Education Teacher Scholarship , worth up to 70% of 15 students' tuition fees commencing September 2022. What is the STEM Education Teacher Scholarship? The STEM Education Teacher Scholarship is funded by Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business ...

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    Bring the ocean into the classroom with Ocean Academy

    By: Ajay Sharman 7 days ago
    Posted in: Careers, Clubs and Cross-Curricular

    On behalf of Ocean Generation and SC Johnson, our sponsoring partner, we are excited to offer the opportunity for schools across the UK to register for Ocean Academy – an exciting education programme that brings the ocean and its importance into the classroom. Having already reached over 600,000 children in 11 countries, we are now looking to directly ...

    1 person recommends this.
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    Ofsted warning over shortage of computing teachers

    By: Tim Bradbury 8 days ago
    Posted in: Careers, Clubs and Cross-Curricular

    Ofsted has warned that an ongoing shortage of "suitably qualified" computing teachers will have a significant impact on the quality of education pupils receive. Key findings include: - Warning over a lack of qualified computing teachers - Call for more computing subject CPD in primary schools - Curriculum must be rich in computer science, IT and ...

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    The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s socio-emotional wellbeing and attainment during the Reception year

    By: Tim Bradbury 8 days ago
    Posted in: Primary STEM

    Are you an EYFS teacher? Are you preparing to welcome your new cohort of Y1 children into your classroom? This report from the Education Endowment foundation may be of interest to you! Four- and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the expected levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, a new report from the University of York, ...

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    Teacher bonuses and funding for schools to level up education

    By: Steve Castle 8 days ago
    Posted in: Careers, Clubs and Cross-Curricular

    The DfE have announced that STEM teachers in disadvantaged schools will receive £3,000 tax-free payments per year over next three years along with new funding to improve school buildings. Read the full press release here.

Members' Blogs

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    A day in the life of a laboratory scientist apprentice

    By: Steve Castle 3 days ago
    Posted in: Community Noticeboard

    As Volunteers' Week approaches, Laboratory Scientist Apprentice Lucy Holland has written a blog about her career path plus insight into her average day and the benefits of a STEM career pathway - ideal for sharing with your students and helping to answer their questions. Read the blog and join the discussion here in the Careers, Clubs & Cross-Curricular ...

    5 people recommend this.
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    Did the ‘Golden Days’ of teacher recruitment ever exist – and what can we do to help now?

    By: Simon Gallacher 7 days ago
    Posted in: Community Noticeboard

    Simon Gallacher is a freelance evaluator and education and research policy adviser, who's looked in depth at the issue of historical teacher recruitment in this blog exclusive to Community. Read the blog - then join in the discussion! The latest monthly Initial Teacher Training recruitment data was released recently. With a bit of tweaking, ...

    3 people recommend this.
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    How we’re helping teachers deal with mounting student anxiety around exams

    By: Tim Bradbury 10 days ago
    Posted in: Community Noticeboard

    With the first in-person GCSE and A level exams for two years upon us, we’ve got a package of support to help teachers manage students’ anxiety at this always challenging time. The huge disruption which Covid has brought to education has been starkly illustrated by the fact that many of this year’s A level students will never have sat an exam before. ...

    1 person recommends this.
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    Congratulations to our CyberCenturion competition winners!

    By: Josh Duncan 16 days ago
    Posted in: Community Noticeboard

    21st April saw this year's CyberCenturion competition draw to a close, bringing together 16 finalist teams from across the UK and overseas territories from an initial group of more than 450 teams! Teams competed over a four hour period and were faced with a series of increasingly difficult cyber security issues to identify and fix. Find out more ...

    1 person recommends this.
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    Ofsted: How to prepare for a computing Deep Dive

    By: Steve Castle 16 days ago
    Posted in: Community Noticeboard

    Is your school ready for an Ofsted Deep Dive in computing? The NCCE recently welcomed Marc White, HMI Inspector for Ofsted and subject lead for computing, to give a presentation to the NCCE Hubs on Ofsted’s ‘deep dive’. Here are the key points he shared about Ofsted’s approach… A Deep Dive looks at how schools teach knowledge, skills, and context, ...

    3 people recommend this.

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