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By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Coding is all about trying to get a computer to execute some task. A programming language is used and a line of code will tell a computer to accomplish something. A whole document of lines of code is called a script. A script will be all about carrying out an entire job. People can make a great...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The vast majority of secondary (and most primary) schools insist that their pupils wear school uniform. It’s been this way for decades and uniform has become a firm fixture in our schools – an expectation, almost. It’s an issue that has rarely been seriously questioned or debated, beyond the...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
If there’s one thing that employers are in agreement about, it’s that the UK education system isn’t as good as it should be at equipping young people with the skills needed for the world of work. The skills shortage is a perennial problem and one that the recent GCSE and A level reform is...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
We are now in ‘exam results day season’. As hundreds of thousands of students receive their results across the UK in August, there will be considerable anxiety, nerves and sleepless nights up and down the country; for teachers and parents, as well as pupils themselves. With so much pressure...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The internet probably doesn’t need another article about Boris Johnson right now. However, regardless of your opinion of him or your political persuasion, you have to admit that having a new Prime Minister in position has the potential for education to now be moved in a different direction. It...
By Lucy Manole, 24 Jan 2020
Nelson Mandela once quoted, “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.” The world, as we know it, is rapidly transforming and becoming increasingly digital. It is a digital world that the students of today will inherit in the near future, and they must own it and lead it. Thus, it is...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There is much more to teaching than simply being in front of a group of students and lecturing at the podium. The teaching part is actually the end product that comes right before the grading. However, there has to be some serious time put in for the preparation of a lesson. In fact, the amount of...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Workload. Lack of support. Unruly students. Difficult parents. The league leaders in the hotly fought championship of ‘Parts of the Job Teachers Most Hate.’ If we had the position where the profession was full to bursting with teachers committed to developing a thirty or forty-year career in...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Congratulations on landing your first teaching job. It has probably been a long four or five years in the making, but now that you have graduated from university you are ready to start your career in education. You may believe the tough days of studying and preparing for class are behind you, but...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Without a shadow of a doubt, the best preparation that teachers can have for the start of the new school year in September is to allow themselves enough time to relax and rejuvenate over the six-week summer break. It cannot be stressed enough how important it is to recuperate over the holidays....
