A grant of £58,292 awarded by The Access Foundation to educational charity “Learning with Parents” has helped optimise logins on a platform that supports parents when engaging in their children’s homework.
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Positive news about schools, colleges and universities.
Mowgli Street Food to fund education for girls
The charity arm of the restaurant chain Mowgli Street Food has partnered with global children’s charity Plan International UK to transform and renovate two girls’ schools in Varanasi, in Utah Pradesh state, India. Varanasi is the ancestral home city of Mowgli Street Food’s founder Nisha Katona. Supported by funds raised through the Mowgli Trust, the partnership will […]
Read MoreCelebrate the Unsung LGBT+ Heroes of Medical History
The Proud Trust is excited to announce the launch of its free LGBT+ History Month resource pack for 2024. This is an extremely popular annual publication, with last year’s pack being downloaded over 10,000 times and used to deliver lessons in schools across the country. This year is particularly special for The Proud Trust because […]
Read MoreInspire a love of STEM
The popular Big Bang Fair is returning for another year and, from today, schools can register for free tickets to attend.
Read More“It’ll be the best three years of your life” — Coleg Gwent celebrates National Apprenticeship Week
This National Apprenticeship Week (05 – 11 February), Coleg Gwent shone a spotlight on two of its 602 apprenticeship learners — showcasing support for an alternative route to higher education across its Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone, Newport and Crosskeys campuses. With more than 400 apprenticeship partners working with Coleg Gwent (including the NHS, Biffa, and Tai Calon […]
Read MoreWinners of the first Big Education Challenge set to address food insecurity, SEND, and climate anxiety
Winners of the first Big Education Challenge set to address food insecurity, SEND, and climate anxiety New projects to support young people with visual impairment, tackle food insecurity, and provide training pathways to address climate anxiety have been chosen as winners of the Big Education Challenge, the £1 million prize fund from education charity, Big […]
Read MoreBoy with Autism Plays for the First Time thanks to Charity-Funded Projector
10-year-old Jake Busby from Abingdon, Oxfordshire is learning to play with his younger brother for the first time since receiving an interactive projector funded by Variety, the Children’s Charity. Jake was diagnosed with Autism when he was four-years-old, due to his diagnosis, he has Global Developmental Delay, meaning that the 10-year-old has the mental age […]
Read MoreScientist wins award for modelling galaxy research
A University of Portsmouth scientist has won an award for his work on modelling galaxies in the early universe. Dr Chris Lovell received the 2024 Winton award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). His work is being used to understand and characterise some of the earliest forming galaxies discovered recently by the James Webb Space […]
Read MoreBradford school kids take part in Formula 24 challenge
School pupils across Bradford have been tasked with building and racing their own electric kit cars thanks to an innovative new education partnership. Bradford College is supporting the charity Greenpower Education Trust to launch the first Formula 24 Challenge in West Yorkshire. The project will give local 11-16-year-olds the chance to build and race a Greenpower kit car using […]
Read MoreStudent YouTuber celebrates milestone with 300th episode of science series
A Portsmouth student inspired by his Grandad to make YouTube videos on science and nature has released the 300th episode of ‘7 Days of Science’, a series with over 600,000 subscribers.
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