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How Technology Helps Primary School Education

Like any other sector, technology is also shaping primary school education. It helps children with easy learning, a joyful environment, develop digital skills, and makes primary education more accessible. Now, children from any part of the world can learn from global teachers while sitting at home.

Yes, more screentime is not good for a child, but a limited screen time that is valued and productive for a kid is of no harm. In today’s era, we can’t ignore the importance of online classes and learning to make our child future-ready.

In this article, we will help you...

Department of Education names Old Mill as one of England’s top apprenticeship employers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/10/2023 - 6:48pm

South West financial experts Old Mill have been named as one of England’s leading apprenticeship employers by the Department of Education. The Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers independently assesses and ranks the nation’s leading apprenticeship employers based on the success of their apprenticeship programmes - specifically their commitment to creating new apprenticeships, the diversity of their apprentices, and the number who successfully achieve their apprenticeships.

Old Mill, which has offices in Exeter, Chippenham Wells and Yeovil, has been running an apprenticeship scheme...

Local housebuilder sponsor school colour run

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/26/2023 - 8:52am

A primary school in Exeter were able to hold their colour run following sponsorship from a leading developer.

Persimmon Homes South West were delighted to donate £500 towards Ladysmith Infant and Junior School’s event organised by the school’s CPTT (Children Parents Teachers Together) group that saw dozens of children able to get colourful and messy, receiving a medal at the end of the race.

Tamsin Saunders, a sales progressor for the company, was able to present the cheque at the school’s Summer Fair.

Persimmon is developing the multi-phase Ashworth Place and...

University of Exeter celebrates a decade of student entrepreneurs

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/18/2023 - 11:08pm

The University of Exeter this month celebrated its thriving community of student entrepreneurs at its annual Student Startup Awards ceremony.

The event marked more than a decade of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through the award-winning Student Startup programme, open to students and recent graduates across all faculties.

Under the umbrella of the SETsquared partnership, the world's number one university business incubator, the Student Startup Programme has become a cornerstone of entrepreneurship support at the University of Exeter.

Six exceptional...

Devon schools join Hon. Dr Stuart Lawrence to front project to improve reading standards in primary schools

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/13/2023 - 7:48am

Devon County Council is backing a special programme that can help struggling children improve their reading age by more than two years in just eight weeks.

HFL Education’s KS2 Reading Fluency Project is being launched nationwide today (11 July 2023) and is backed by teacher, author and activist Hon. Dr Stuart Lawrence.

The programme has been running in schools around Devon since 2020. 87 schools in the county with 689 pupils ranging from Year 2 to Year 8 have taken part.

School and library closures during the pandemic significantly impacted reading standards in...

New Chief Operating Officer appointed by IMP Software

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Mon, 07/10/2023 - 4:05pm

IMP Software, market-leading specialists in purpose-built budgeting, forecasting and reporting software for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), has appointed its first Chief Operating Officer.

Zanna Patchett has joined the company after nearly six years with REPL Group, a global consultancy and technology group specialising in workforce transformation, supply chain, customer experience and enterprise systems, that was subsequently acquired by Accenture.

A corporate and commercial lawyer by background, Zanna was previously a Partner at Hill Hofstetter, a Senior Associate at Pinsent...

School Recycling Workshops Continue to Thrive

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/07/2023 - 9:58pm

More than 500 pupils across East Devon have taken part in workshops about the importance of recycling, thanks to an initiative by East Devon District Council (EDDC) and their waste contractor Suez.

Led by Suez’s Recycling Officer, Jess Prosser, the school children have enjoyed games and presentations highlighting the waste hierarchy and the value in reusing and recycling material.

During the past year Jess has spoken to 525 primary school pupils who have enjoyed a series of activities to sort materials and learn how and where they can reuse material.

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Expert Guidance: Discover italki's Spanish Tutors

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Fri, 07/07/2023 - 9:27am

Learning Spanish is an invaluable skill that opens doors to new opportunities, whether it's for travel, career prospects, or connecting with Spanish-speaking communities. While self-study resources are plentiful, nothing beats the guidance of an expert tutor who can provide personalized instruction and support. This article delves into the world of italki, a leading online language learning platform, and explores how italki Spanish tutors can help learners achieve their language goals.

What is italki?

At its core, italki is a global online language learning platform that connects...

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Unity Schools Partnership appoints IMP Software, as Exeter-based MAT finance experts hit 300 customer milestone

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Wed, 06/28/2023 - 12:31pm

Unity Schools Partnership, a soon-to-be family of 33 secondary, primary, middle and special schools, has become IMP Software’s 300th MAT customer.

The multi-academy trust (MAT), which is located mainly in Suffolk and also on the Essex and Cambridgeshire borders as well as Romford in East London, has purchased IMP Software’s purpose-built tools which provide budgeting, forecasting and reporting software.

Sarah Garner, Deputy CEO and Director of Finance at Unity Schools Partnership, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be working with IMP Software. This marks the start of a...

MBA students tackle ‘truly extraordinary’ circular economy challenge

University of Exeter MBA students took a ‘deep dive’ into the world of Circular Economy as part of the cohort’s week-long corporate challenge.

The Circular Economy Corporate Challenge is a week-long live challenge during which Exeter MBA teams draw on their learning from the Designing a Better Future for All module and apply it to a real-world challenge.

This year the live challenge was presented in collaboration with DS Smith, a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services in Europe and North America, with coaching from MBA...

IMP Software, MAT finance specialists.

New product launch by Exeter-based IMP Software

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Mon, 06/12/2023 - 2:45pm

Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) will be able to maximise educational success by ensuring the effective deployment of resources and design the best curriculum they can afford, following the launch of Exeter-based IMP Software’s new Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning (ICFP) product.

IMP ICFP enables data-driven conversations between financial and curriculum leadership, supported by real-time visibility; an integrated staffing model where both budgets and curriculum planning through the same staffing dataset remove the need to manually populate data; and, for the first time, multi-...

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