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By Education Correspondent Parents of over four million children are set to benefit from lower school uniform costs, new government analysis has found. As the government’s landmark Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill proceeds in the House of Lords this week, analysis shows new laws will wipe over £70
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By Education Correspondent The UK’s best teachers and schools have been shortlisted in this year’s Tes Schools Awards. The awards, dubbed the ‘Oscars of education’, celebrate the best of education across the country. Clevedon School has been shortlisted for the national finals in the category of ‘Community Engagement
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By Education Correspondent Pupils in Scotland on a unique programme, which aims to improve educational opportunities for young people, have seen a positive impact on their rates of progression to university. Now in its fourth year, the ground-breaking partnership between the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow and educational charity IntoUniversity
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By Education Editor After the Murder of His Sister, Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard is Fighting to Stop the Radicalisation of Young Men Online A leading educator and speaker on masculinity and male well-being, Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard, an Associate with Independent Thinking, is calling for an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister
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By Education Correspondent An event focused on the benefits of prioritising wellbeing within education, the Conference highlights included the relaunch of the Well Schools Movement, inspiring keynote speeches and a special video address from Schools Minister Catherine McKinnell. Youth Sport Trust Conference yesterday brought together more than 600 delegates to
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By Business Editor Bristol Airport has launched a new training and skills initiative to help support people struggling to get into employment in the region. The Airport is funding the ‘Take Off Programme’, starting this month, which will provide mentoring and skills development for people such as those in education,
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By Education Correspondent University Centre Weston (UCW) and the University of Worcester (UoW) have formed a partnership to deliver a brand-new Paramedic Degree Apprenticeship in collaboration with the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT). This partnership is built on shared values and a strong commitment to supporting the
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By Education Correspondent Students from Weston-super-Mare’s Hans Price Academy in Somerset, have enjoyed a taste of the exotic Far East as part of a twinning relationship with a school in Japan. This international cultural and educational exchange saw students engage with their partner school by delivering English lessons and
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By Education Correspondent Winterstoke Hundred Academy, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was delighted to welcome Ambassador Miguel Berger from the German Embassy as part of the German Embassy Languages Week and the #ShoutOutForGerman campaign. This initiative, organised by the German Embassy in London, the Goethe-Institut UK, and the German Academic Exchange Service
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By Jill Dando News Avon Fire & Rescue Service, Children and Young People Team has partnered Weston College and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Job Centre, to deliver the Ignite Programme, a three-week initiative to support young people aged 18-24 who are out of employment and education. The
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By Jill Dando News Weston College in Weston-super-Mare. Somerset are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding success of William Palmer, a former Foundation Art & Design student at Weston College, who has been recognised with the top award at London Fashion Week. William was honoured with the prestigious L'Oréal
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By Jill Dando News A University of Winchester academic is the expert consultant on a new TV show which aims to help pre-school children acquire problem-solving skills in a fun way. Emma Goto, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, has been working with the makers of Wonderblocks which has just arrived
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By Jill Dando News A Bristol graduate who started out fixing school friends’ and teachers’ smashed screens now runs a sustainable tech company that employs 17 people. By the time Casey Sather was studying Astrophysics at the University of Bristol, he was already fixing so many devices that he needed
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By Jill Dando News Students in Somerset are learning new ‘green’ skills thanks to SUEZ recycling and recovery UK and Somerset Council. Team Repair, a multi award winning start-up company on a mission to increase STEM career uptake and tackle the e-waste crisis, will be running the 12-week course. Students
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By Jill Dando News When Abdullahi Abdi threw his mortarboard in the air upon graduating, he felt immense pride. It was the culmination of years of hard work, made even more meaningful as he remembered his late brother, the first in their family to attend university, who tragically passed away
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By Jill Dando News A married couple beat 1 in 10,000 odds to both be awarded a prestigious University of Bristol scholarship. Maria Aguillon and Santiago Muriel discovered they had earned the University’s Think Big scholarship just days after they tied the knot in their native Mexico. Only