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Schools across England can use their apprenticeship levy to cover the cost of National Professional Qualification (NPQ) leadership development programmes for middle and senior leaders. The July 2020 appointment of Best Practice Network (BPN) as an approved provider of apprenticeship … Continue reading Schools can fund NPQs through apprenticeship levy
Two University of Surrey academics, Dr Chris Trace and Professor Emma Mayhew, have been recognised for their outstanding teaching by the national body, Advance HE. Dr Trace and Professor Mayhew have both been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF), which … Continue reading Surrey academics gain Advance HE teaching awards
Western Governors University (WGU) and the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) have joined forces to address a longstanding challenge for the healthcare industry: reducing variability in healthcare delivery by reducing variability in healthcare quality competencies. To that end, WGU … Continue reading WGU aligns graduate-level programmes with NAHQ Standards
The University of Portsmouth is currently designing a new city landmark that will house the Faculty of Business and Law and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Victoria Park Building will have some of the largest teaching spaces … Continue reading Portsmouth plans its largest lecture theatre
A supplier of online learning, training, and talent solutions, Skillsoft has seen a rapid increase in learner engagement and self-led online learning since March 2020, with learners earning an unprecedented 4.5 million digital badges upon the completion of select courses. … Continue reading Skillsoft awards millions of digital badges
Nutanix, which specialises in enterprise cloud computing, has worked with the University of Reading to implement its Nutanix Files software-defined scale-out file storage solution for unstructured data, enabling the university to simplify IT management and increase ease of scalability. The … Continue reading Research at Reading boosted by Nutanix storage solution
SafetyCulture, a platform for workplace safety and efficiency, is now making its commercial technology available across the USA to K-12 and higher education administrators, campuses and entire school districts. Its flagship app iAuditor will now be free of charge to K-12 schools. … Continue reading US schools roll out iAuditor to monitor workplace safety
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. has expanded its partnership with Rock The Street Wall Street (RTSWS) to include a high school in the Kansas City Public Schools district in the USA. As Waddell & Reed Financial continues to broaden its outreach, … Continue reading KCPS gains as Waddell & Reed Financial extends financial literacy with RTSWS
As many as 250 million children across Africa are currently unable to access primary and secondary schools as a result of COVID-19-related closures. Analysts have shared concerns that this may create a lost generation of learners, causing many children to … Continue reading Avaya enables education across Africa as millions lose access to physical classrooms
Dr Andrew Croft 