On a couple of occasions last year, I was asked by students to point them towards information which documented the potential harmful effects...
Free Social Care Resources
Already missing lectures and work..? ;-) If you've an interest in social care and related issues, then you might want to look at a free ...
Taking Risks
I recently heard a recorded speech by Sir Ken Robinson about creativity. He told a story of a teacher who was asking one of her students wh...
New DCSF Research
Two recent reports from the DCSF should be of interest to many of our students: The first is entitled Extended Schools: Testing the Delivery...
New Early Years Foundation Stage
It's Early Years Week on Teacher's TV , which means that their schedule is dominated by programmes relating to younger children. In ...
Look at the Princess!
We just finished tending three of my grandchildren for a week at their home in California. We had a blast. Except for one case of strep thro...
Listening to Children about Childcare
The Daycare Trust is currently undertaking a project entitled 'Listening to Families about Childcare'. As part of this, last week th...
Bercow Report
A few months ago I posted about the Bercow Review , which was commissioned by the DCSF to look at services for children with speech, languag...
Global Learning
A survey by educational charity DEA has suggested that many children in England are being left 'globally illiterate' , as their sch...
Parents Survey
Last week saw the publication of the DCSF's Survey of Parents in England 2008 . This is a short(ish) piece of research which looks at ho...
Stay Alert!
I've written on here before about the usefulness of free alerting services such as OnTheWeb and Childlink's Weekly Update, which wi...