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Stories are the easiest, most enjoyable and powerful way to increase children’s skills in speaking, reading, writing and creativity. Stories are a great educational…

Myanmar was long seen as a lost state while under the rule of a repressive military junta from 1962 to 2011. Hardly any dissent…

Through 2016, the Family and Childcare Trust, supported by Community Playthings, has published a series of papers looking at quality in the early years.…

Scaling a two–sided marketplace is among the most daunting tasks for entrepreneurs. It can also be the most rewarding one. It takes time to…

Kids and robots go together like Penn & Teller or Tom & Jerry; there’s a magic mix of fun and mayhem and no child…

Historically, technology was seen as a ‘value-add’ to education. It was shown to support learning and, in the UK, schools were given ring-fenced funding…

There’s nothing like the excitement of seeing real-world devices like robots come to life with a simple computer programme. The problem is that the…

As a masters graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, Joachim Horn recognised the need to inspire more people into engineering, and to…

The importance of mental health and well-being in children is being increasingly recognised. As a former teacher and having completed an MSc in psychology,…

There are many resources on the market to support the development of computer science skills in schools. However, where we felt there was a…

Working as a senior computer scientist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford I have a passion for building simple and beautiful software that…

The concept of ANT products is to combine brain training and motivational strategies to build super-fluency in literacy and numeracy. I have worked for…

In a time of flux, uncertainty, increasing pressure and change, Your HR Lawyer offers schools stability, encouragement and support.

Instead of launching another education company into this busy market, myself and two other entrepreneurial students embarked out on a mission to reinvent education…

There is growing recognition that developing enterprising behaviours has a positive impact on career outcomes. This is no longer just about starting businesses but…

The UK education system has been asking for an efficient and cost effective system for supply cover for many years; for too long, the…