Education festivals and conferences have become popular and are big business by now.
I'm semi-retired after a successful and much enjoyed career in education. Funnily enough, my last job was as a tutor for OOL. I taught on courses providing professional training for school support staff, as well as A level English Literature and English Literature GCSE. I've had an interesting career, in schools, colleges, adult education, the Arts and a few other bits and bobs. At one stage I was also a local authority inspector. Now I'm a school governor, and am enjoying watching my young grandchildren go through their own first experiences of school. Through these articles I hope to keep you up to date with different aspects of education news – and also to keep you interested!
The Arts versus The Sciences
Immediately after the announcement there were letters in the papers about the interconnectedness of the arts and science and the very real importance of each
The School We’d Like
You grow up in schools, learn in them, play in them, for 15000 hours of your life (That is an actual calculation).
Also in the News: Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are also now increasingly linked with social policy and welfare reform, whereas before they were influenced mainly by industrial and education policy.
In Defence of “Town Halls”
There is an ‘itch’. A local government itch. It’s to do with town halls, shire halls and county halls and nobody knows what to do with it. It’s a policy problem, like so many others, and a lot of different people all think they know best. And keep tinkering. Consider the old town hall, with […]
The Future of Inspection
We have reached a stage politically where all kinds of public expenditure came under unprecedented levels of scrutiny.
What are PISA scores?
At the moment PISA tests are seen by our government as a vital measure of educational success nationally.
Distance Learning Now and in the Future
You must choose the right course (s). OOL provides a wide range of these and provides support to go with them.
How and When do we Learn?
Scientists have been fascinated by learning and how the brain does it for a long time.
The Advent of Academies
Academies are now less an experiment than a change in the education landscape.