Education

Teachers in schools across the globe are turning to a new philosophy to help improve the behaviour and well-being of students. Mindfulness, a form of meditation, has been shown to help with a wide range of mental health conditions and improve well-being in adults. However, few trials have evaluated its effectiveness in children.

Professor Willem Kuyken from the Mood Disorders Centre at the University of Exeter is presenting new research findings from a feasibility trial which show how the mindfulness technique is also effective in improving well-being in young people. Speaking at...

Pupils at an Exeter primary are helped to learn by the collaborative ‘can do’ atmosphere throughout the school, according to education inspectors.

And they rate Pinhoe Church of England Primary as a good school on all five key aspects of school life.

They say Pinhoe’s overall effectiveness is good and so is the achievement of pupils, the quality of teaching, the leadership and management and the behaviour and safety of the pupils.

The rating is much improved from the satisfactory grade the school received less than three years ago and since then the school standards...

Bicton College recently announced the launch of the Trefusis Academy, to support students applying to University and managerial roles.

The programme will provide students with the cultural, employability and study skills needed to make the leap from further education into higher level study and employment.

The College has seen a four-fold rise in students applying for much sought after university places in the last academic year – this belies the national trend which has shown a decline in university applications for the second year in a row.

Jenny Tyrrell, Careers...

The Guardian newspaper reports today (Tuesday 19 March) that the new draft guidelines for the Geography national curriculum for children under 14 years old does not mention ‘debate about climate change’. If this happens, it will be left to teachers to choose whether to teach it, apart from a single mention of the human part in CO2 emissions in the chemistry section. With the pressure of time, or personal opinion, many may not do so.

People and Planet , a student network that campaigns on the environment as well as global poverty and human rights, has launched a campaign to lobby...