Too much screen time makes tots FIVE times more likely to have behaviour...
According to Mirror, pre-school children who spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen are more likely to have short behaviour spans and behaviour problems, research shows.… Read the rest
View ArticleHalf of schools ‘not fully compliant with GDPR’
More than half of schools and colleges are not fully compliant with new data laws almost a year after they came into force, a snap survey has suggested.… Read the rest
View ArticleComputing in schools in ‘steep decline’
An annual study by the University of Roehampton has found that fewer 16-year-olds in England are getting a computing qualification.… Read the rest
View Article160 more industry professionals to be recruited as FE teachers
Colleges and further education providers will receive a funding boost through the Taking Teaching Further programme to help recruit over 160 new FE teachers, Skills Minister Anne Milton announced today...
View ArticleSchools to analyse children’s drawings to help catch pedophiles
The Telegraph is reporting that new software to help catch pedophiles by analysing pictures and stories produced by British schoolchildren aged as young as nine will be trialed in primary schools.…...
View ArticleTechnology vs #MentalHealth – It’s time for education to take a lesson in...
You’re fine, how am I doing?… Read the rest
View Article£18.5 million to boost diversity in AI tech roles and innovation in online...
The technology sector is set to benefit from a £18.5 million cash injection to drive up skills in AI and data science and support more adults to upskill and retrain to progress in their careers or find...
View ArticleSupport staff: Cut technicians, increase your risks
The role of the technicians in our schools is vital to effective delivery of the curriculum, yet numbers are dwindling as school cuts bite, says Jon Richards, national secretary of education at UNISON...
View Article£3.75 million boost for providers delivering first T-Levels
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has today (18 June) confirmed that new T Level qualifications will become a reality from September 2020, as a second wave of further education providers are announced...
View ArticleCould a ban on mobile phones in schools reduce cyberbullying?
With secondary school pupils in England appearing to fall victim to cyberbullying more frequently than their peers across the world, according to a global survey of teachers, there is likely to be...
View Article‘Teachers can change things’: tackling the maths and science shortage
If a teacher hadn’t encouraged her, Yvonne Baker might never have gone into engineering: “She inspired me at a time when it was unheard for girls to consider it.” The Guardian reports.… Read the rest
View ArticleTeach children about dangers of ‘sexting’ and pornography at school, first...
The Department for Education is publishing an advice document that stipulates which topics should be covered when teaching pupils about technology and the internet.… Read the rest
View ArticleMoney is biggest edtech barrier, say 40% of secondaries
TES is reporting that the proportion of secondary schools saying a lack of money is the biggest barrier to using edtech has almost trebled over the past two years.… Read the rest
View ArticlePioneering National Retraining Scheme gets underway as new digital service...
Adults whose jobs could change or become obsolete due to advances in technology will get support to retrain and get on a path to a new career, Education Secretary Damian Hinds announced today (18 Jul),...
View ArticleContest to find best apps to help poorer families kickstart children’s education
According to ITV News the Department for Education is to launch a competition to find the best apps to help disadvantaged families to boost their children’s education.… Read the rest
View ArticleUK students ‘at risk of scams as top universities fail to block fake emails’
According to a report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, Britain’s top 20 universities were not using any inbuilt software to protect their students from falling trap to fraudulent emails.… Read the rest
View ArticleStudyTube: The community of YouTubers using revision and university to boost...
Jack Edwards is a YouTuber with more than 145,000 subscribers.… Read the rest
View Article72% of primary teachers say pressures to teach full curriculum are fuelling a...
Children’s love for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) is on the decline, with interest in Science amongst 9-12 year olds falling 10%, Design and Technology down 12% and ICT / Computing...
View ArticleHalf of parents ‘want mobile phones banned in schools’
Just under half of UK parents, 49%, think their child’s school should ban mobile phones, a survey by price comparison site uSwitch suggests.… Read the rest
View ArticleCCTV used in schools to show parents how their children have misbehaved
According to iNews, the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools in Kent and Portsmouth, uses the footage as part of a “restorative” approach which forces pupils to confront the evidence...
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