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Welcome to the May edition of our newsletter. This month we report on the growing importance of personal, social and life skills in education strategy and practice. We have a report on the role PbyP is playing in these developments in America as well as a summary of the UK Rose Review including detail of the personal development criteria. Other articles feature research on the views of parents, teachers and learners on education in the 21st Century.
The first interim report from a three year research study of the impact of the UK’s Global Partnership Scheme reveals both schools in the UK and their partner schools in Africa and Asia believe the scheme is showing positive benefits.
Sir Jim Rose’s proposals for the Primary curriculum in England focus on the principle that "the touchstone of an excellent curriculum is that it instills in children a love of learning for its own sake."
The Girls Into Physics Project was designed to encourage more girls to study physics beyond GCSE through a range of individual school initiatives. An evaluation of its success has been published this month.
The National Student Survey was established in 2005 as part of a quality assurance process of all institutions offering degrees and other forms of Higher education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Survey is commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on behalf of …
As PbyP evidence began to arrive from over twenty schools in the Adams 50 district of Colorado, peer assessors in the UK and Australia react with excitement.
A DCSF report published on 30th April reveals support from parents for the teaching and learning of life skills in Primary School.
A summary of education news from the last month.
A selection of free opportunities and resources we have seen available this month.
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