Education
Shining a spotlight on our education leaders, teachers, organisations and institutions. Supporting campaigns to improve education. Uncovering education initiatives and projects in the community.
Covid – the impact on students
March 20th is a date that will be remembered by hundreds of teenagers across Teesside; for many it marked the start of the toughest six months of their lives. Current GCSE and A level students were affected massively by the national lockdown which saw the closure of...
Students launch business to spread Christmas joy
Enterprising Middlesbrough College students have launched a business producing Christmas hampers for vulnerable locals who can’t leave the house. Enterprising Middlesbrough College students have launched a business producing Christmas hampers for vulnerable locals who...
The Importance of Physical Education and Physical Literacy
"A physically literate individual will develop important life skills such as: independence, communication, teamwork and leadership." As a PE teacher, I want everyone to access the benefits sport and exercise can bring and for them to continue their involvement with it...
The Token Female
"I wanted to be a physicist at a young age thanks to Mr Spock and Data, neither of whom are women, 100% human or even real!" I grew up during the 1980s in a mining village in Barnsley where the village hall was used to teach the boys how to box and the girls how to...
Acting and film students skill up for industry post Covid-19
“Theatre is having to adapt and change and, as a degree programme, we are shifting focus to accommodate this and give our students the best chance of being part of the industry after they graduate.” Students from the Acting and the Film, TV and Theatre degree courses...
Happy to be back in a routine of learning
“Covid-19 we will not be defeated by you…” After three years as Principal of Northern Education Trust at Norton Primary Academy, I have had my fair share of important decisions to make – the ‘Beast from the East’ in 2018 being one memorable one where I wrangled with...