April 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
From a classroom in America, Brittany Robinson, 14, is programming a robot to perform open heart surgery. She’s focused on the intricacies of computer science and engineering. Never mind that the robot and the heart are made of Lego. Read the full Washington Post story.
Read moreApril 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
The US National Governors Association has published a report entitled Degrees for what jobs? Raising expectations for universities and colleges in a global economy. Some Governors are recognising that academic success needs to be better linked to the needs of the market place. Read the full NGA report.
Read moreApril 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
The entire Cabinet and most of the Shadow Cabinet have signed up to the BBC’s Robert Peston’s new Speakers for Schools service, but he won’t be happy until he has 1,000 “leaders in their fields” on his books. Read the full City AM article.
Read moreApril 12, 2011
April 12, 2011
An Ofsted survey finds less than 10% of placements are ‘unconventional’, with majority in education, hair and beauty, office and shops. It says mixed sex schools need to do more to widen perceptions of the career options. For some girls, career ambitions were changed through direct observation of a professional at work, through mentoring and […]
Read moreApril 11, 2011
April 11, 2011
Parents, teachers, pupils and other interested members of the public have only four days left to tell the Government and curriculum experts what should be taught in schools. By answering the questions in the Call for Evidence, people will have the chance to shape the new National Curriculum for primary and secondary schools in England. […]
Read moreApril 6, 2011
April 6, 2011
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg visited the Globe Academy in Southwark to mark the launch of the Government’s new social mobility strategy. As part of the new social mobility initiative the entire cabinet has agreed to take part in Robert Peston’s Speakers for Schools programme to bring high-profile guest speakers to state schools. Last week […]
Read moreApril 6, 2011
April 6, 2011
Deputy Prime Minster, Nick Clegg, talks about his own career path, social mobility, getting 100,000s of volunteers into schools and how to “open up opportunity for all”. Read the full Evening Standard story.
Read moreApril 5, 2011
April 5, 2011
The coalition government have launched their social mobility strategy, which includes getting 100,000 employee volunteers into schools to talk about their jobs. Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers explains how the strategy will be implemented. Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers Read the full Telegraph story. Read the Nick Clegg and Iain Duncan Smith article.
Read moreApril 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
The DfE’s ‘Evaluation of the implementation and impact of diplomas: findings from the 2009/10 survey of higher education institutions’ has been published. The first wave of Advanced Diploma students have successfully applied to go to university. Diploma students have similar levels of acceptances onto undergraduate courses (68%) to A level students (70%) with Diploma graduates […]
Read moreMarch 31, 2011
March 31, 2011
The government’s social mobility strategy will be published next Tuesday. Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, says that the data collected by the annual report card will enable the government to see if social mobility policies are working. Read the full Guardian Story.
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