Wearing a badge for science

Wearing a badge for science

[ad_1] ‘I am a Young Sustainability Champion’ and ‘I am a Young Geospatial Scientist’ are two of the newest badges that primary school students can strive to collect when they take part in the Young Scientist Badge Programme, which is still going strong after 40 years. Hear from Programme champion Beatriz Fernandez, once an ardent…

SEND review won’t repeat ‘mistakes of the past’

SEND review won’t repeat ‘mistakes of the past’

[ad_1] Education secretary says system is failing and reform is ‘long overdue’ Education secretary says system is failing and reform is ‘long overdue’ More from this theme Recent articles The government won’t repeat the “mistakes of past reforms” to SEND provision, Nadhim Zahawi has vowed, telling MPs the current system is “failing” and reforms…

Teaching Patriotism – Education Next

Teaching Patriotism – Education Next

[ad_1] History is happening this moment. A country is defining itself. Authentic, inspiring patriotism is surging through the Ukrainian people. Whatever happens next, President Volodymyr Zelensky personifies patriotism, honor, courage, dedication. If Ukraine survives as an independent nation, as the U. S. Secretary of State promises, 2022 will ring for decades, probably centuries, as Ukraine’s…

Improvements proposed for celebrated UK Turing scheme

Improvements proposed for celebrated UK Turing scheme

[ad_1] And while the new outward mobility program is being praised for the short mobility opportunities it presents and its weighting towards disadvantaged students, improvements could create a more efficient program, they have suggested. UUKi is calling for the current 12-month project cycle to be shifted to a multi-year funding model. “We think [that] would better support,…

National Institute of Bank Management launches advanced programme in banking and leadership

National Institute of Bank Management launches advanced programme in banking and leadership

[ad_1] National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), an autonomous apex institute established by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Banks has collaborated with ed-tech platform TalentSprint to launch a six month advanced programme in banking and leadership. This programme is aimed at participants who aspire to be digital-first professionals and spearhead digital transformation initiatives…

A historic moment for HBCUs?

[ad_1] DOVER, Del. — Nearly 150 years after its founding, the end was near for Wesley College. A fixture of Delaware’s state capital, the private liberal arts institution had a reputation for offering a close-knit and supportive atmosphere for its students. Even so, its enrollment had dwindled from a high of 2,250 students in 2003…

Colleges pour money into technology for managing finance and employees, report finds

Colleges pour money into technology for managing finance and employees, report finds

[ad_1] Dive Brief:  Colleges have resumed long-term technology projects that had been paused because of pandemic-related disruptions, coinciding with an increase in institutions picking new systems for managing human capital and finances, according to recent research from the Tambellini Group, a technology advisory firm.  Finance system selections rose 63% in 2021 over the previous year’s…