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The article focuses on learning strategies that will be presented at World Education Summit on March 22-25, 2021, which will highlight allowing children to focus on friendship and teachers to assess the impact of remote learning.

The article offers information on several plan for reimagining Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the forthcoming academic year amid lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include role of having modelled a short lecture-style talk to staff on a CPD event; role of teaching and learning in department meetings; and need to ensuring that we all know subject in order to strengthen, deepen and ignite the love of subject in the young people.

The article reports an investigation by Times Educational Supplement about the number of students taking mental health support regularly. Topics include increment in the number of staff who had received mental health awareness training; organizing sessions on mindfulness, careers, and financial advice; and regular workshops provided by Organisations Mind and the Samaritans.

The article presents author's experience of attending an educational seminar and discusses the need of identifying and responding towards children's distress signals. Topics include challenges such as disability, emotional problems or poverty-induced deprivation among children ignored by education system; requirement of adequate child and adolescent mental health service; and using methods such as buddying, peer-tutoring, and counseling for solving children's problems.

The article offers information on the subject-based learning event #weareallimmigrants, held in London, England as of March 24, 2017 which explored issues around migration to promote diversity and unity.

The article offers information on the Bett (British Educational Training and Technology) 2017 educational conference to be held in London, England on January 25, 2017, and a chart is also presented listing percentage of students in a school with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies).

The article offers information on the conference titled Doing More With Less to be held in Great Britain in January 2017.

The article presents a survey on a vision for education conducted for the World Innovation Summit for Education (Wise) in 2014. The survey showed a collection vision for education in 2030 that is different radically from the classroom-centred model in 2014. It revealed that 42% of respondents feel that academic knowledge will stay a fundamental part of education, with practical and personal skills portended to play a more significant role. INSET: 'Until I get a hoverboard, I'll be doubtful'.

The article offers suggestions on how to teach creativity to students for talent shows, as of May 2014. Suggestions include directing pupils towards singing shows, provoking students to explore their language choices and developing a productive workshop environment by students to share their works. It also reports on several English resources for students including the book "Finding Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe, the "Trawling the Texts" board game and the "Word Search" glossary template.

The article offers information on the International Summit on the Teaching Profession to be held in March 2014 in New Zealand which will focus on the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), educational practices, and development of educational policy.

The article covers various technological innovations that have been applied to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. Noted examples include 3D (three dimensional) printing, embodied learning, and online animation. Particular attention is given to Hackidemia, a series of workshops that uses active learning to teach students about abstract STEM topics such as microelectronics, robotics, and 3D design. The use of humanoid robots for academic purposes is also discussed.

The article discusses the 2012 visit of philanthropist Bill Gates to the Deptford Green School in London, England, in order to ask the students themselves about changes to improve education. The author comments on the application for Gates to visit that was submitted by teacher Keely Wilson. Topics include Gates' praise of the school's international outlook, the school's connection to a school in Uganda, and his early development of a computer program to organize time tables.

The article offers information on the retirement speech of Further Education (FE) commissioner David Collins on education including improving standards of subjects like mathematics in schools, stress on financial state of education sector with emphasis on technical courses and increasing the job opportunities for youngsters; and calendar for conferences related to education is presented.

A calendar of events related to further education (FE) in Great Britain in 2016 including the Education and Training Foundation Area Reviews Implementation Conference, the UKFEchat National Conference 2016 and the Association of Colleges annual conference and exhibition is presented.

The article offers information on a series of free seminars to be offered during The Education Show 2016 which will be held in Great Britain including "Transform the way you recruit online" with Polly Howden, "How can schools cope with today's recruitment crisis?" with Craig Stevens, and "Create a digital lesson in five minutes" with Nicola Davison.

The article reports on education in Great Britain and explains why Wales was chose as the location for the 2008 North of England Education Conference. The author discusses educational changes in 2008 in England and how they compare to changes made in Wales since control of education was given to the Welsh Assembly in 1999. He compares the British government's proposed work-related diploma program to the Welsh Baccalaureate, describes topics of the conference, and lists speakers at the event.

A 2008 calendar of events related to education in Great Britain is presented, including the North of England Education Conference in Cardiff, Wales from January 9-11, Autism Awareness Month in April, and the Professional Association of Teachers' annual conference in Northants, England from July 28-30.

The article presents a preview of Great Britain's Specialist Schools and Academies Trust 2007 annual conference, to be held in late November in Birmingham, England. Conference presentation topics include grouping children by ability rather than age, abandoning rigid timetables, and full-day instruction of single subjects. Increased pupil participation in teacher review and curriculum design is discussed, and the Trust encourages educators to take the lead in educational change. INSET: All together now.

Information on citizenship topics to be covered during the "TES Education 2007" conference is presented. The author, chief executive of Great Britain's Citizenship Foundation, discusses the need for inclusion of every sort in education. He refers to the revised national secondary curriculum, promoting "full service" schools, parental support, and family learning and advocates for teaching citizenship through its application in schools and community.

Information on topics for the Inspiration Zone of the "TES Education 2007" conference is presented. The author, Commissioner for the London, England schools, reports on how London and Birmingham, England, improved urban pupils' educational attainment. He explains gains made by socially disadvantaged children at all levels of education, the influence of outstanding teachers, and informed school administrators. He includes brief descriptions of seminars related to educational improvements.

Information on topics for the Early Years and Primary Teaching and Learning Zone of the "TES Education 2007" conference is presented. The author discusses the April 2006 launch of a 10-year strategy for preschool education in Great Britain, which she explains is based on play and recognizes children as individuals, and she notes her disappointment that in 2007 little progress has been made on the government initiative. She provides brief descriptions of conference presentations in this zone.

This article reports that a network of primary and secondary schools in the London borough of Redbridge in England holds a pupil conference, once a year related to assessment for learning. Redbridge networked learning community is the biggest school collaboration in the country with 52 primary, secondary and special schools. The National College for School Leadership began promoting networked learning communities as the newly energized authority and began to increase its support to schools. School improvement through collaboration is not the case of a successful school showing how it should be done but the partnership will benefit mutually. INSET: A long engagement.

The article features the art workshops at the Creativity in Practice area in Great Britain. The workshop, with a creativity theme, highlights display of various educational products and technology. The event also highlights live demonstrations of techniques in using technology in the teaching of art.

Describes the Shell Education stage 1 workshop at the classroom at Charlotte Turner School in Deptford, South East London, England. Benefits of the workshop to teachers; Activities of the workshop for the children; Goal of Shell Education.

Focuses on the educational event, the North of England Conference held annually in Great Britain. Inception of the event; Changes incorporated in the event since its inception; Agenda of the event.

The article reports on the World Education Forum meeting to be held in May 2015 in Incheon, South Korea, to decide the position of education in 2015 era and presents a graph and table related to UNESCO's report on funding gaps in improving the state of education in low and middle income countries.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the Global Education and Skills Forum, British prime minister David Cameron's message for teachers, and the ideal age for getting a teacher job.

In this article, the author presents his views regarding the North East of England, shares his experience of attending the Schools NorthEast annual summit held in Newcastle, England and his views on ministers and policymakers' role in education.

The article offers information on educational conferences in Great Britain in 2013, such as the Association for Science Education (ASE) Science Teachmeet at the Oundle School on May 14, the A Time to Lead school administrators' conference at Trent College on June 7, and the Global and Gifted conference on educational technology in July.

Information is provided on upcoming education conferences during February-March 2013 in cities across England such as Peterborough, West Sussex, and Manchester.

A calendar section is presented of events for the week of June 23rd-29th, 2012 including the Wellington College Festival of Education, the beginning of National School Sport Week, and a talk by former head of Washington D.C. schools Michelle Rhee.

The article offers information on events for British teachers including the deadline for the literacy teaching competition Let Teachers SHINE on June 10, 2012, and Teachmeet events in Plymouth, England and West Sussex, England, involving teacher discussion of classroom techniques.

A calendar of events related to education in England for late January 2012 is presented which includes the conference "Learning Without Frontiers," in London, England, a meeting called Teachmeet Halifax in Halifax, England, and a meeting called Teachmeet Roehampton in Roehampton, London, England.

A calendar of events related to education to be held in Great Britain from October 15-21, 2011 is presented which includes Scrabble Championship, Man Booker Prize and exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the periodical "Private Eye."

A calendar of events related to education to be held in Great Britain from October 8-14, 2011 is presented which includes WorldSkills 2011, the Premiere League and celebration of 200 years of Church of England.

The article offers information related to various events in September-October 2011 in Great Britain. It states that on September 24, the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance exam board was criticized by Ofqual for making it's a-level English course easy. It mentions that in October 3, Keith Towler, children's commissioner of Wales, will deliver education lecture at the General Teaching Council for Wales.

A calendar of forthcoming meetings related to education for the England area from September 29 to October 6, 2011 is presented which includes Teachmeet Brighton at the City College in Brighton on September 29, Creating and Sustaining a Coaching Culture session at the Institute of Education in London on October 4, and Teachmeet Tees at ARC Stockton Arts Centre in Stockton on October 6.

A calendar of events for England in September to October 2011 is presented including the Brighton Digital Festival Teachmeet in Brighton on September 29, the Creating and Sustaining a Coaching Culture session in London on October 4, and the TES SEN Conference in London on October 14-15.

The article focuses on several events/issues related to Great Britain education that happened in the week of September 9, 2011, including the speech by Great Britain Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on education policy and the British Educational Research Association conference.

The article offers news briefs related to education including the annual conference of the Historical Association on May 13-14, 2011 in Manchester, England, the Sing a New Song national singing campaign, and the anti-bullying web site launched by Kidscape charity.

The article focuses on the speech given by educational spokesman Norman St. John-Stevas at the annual education conference of the National Association of Schoolmasters-Union of Women Teachers in Birmingham, England regarding the worries of traditional conservative on law and order in the classroom.

The article offers news briefs related to education in Great Britain including the Historical Association's annual conference entitled "Doing History" will be held at Sheffield Hallam University on May 14-15, the three-dimensional images of historic Rosslyn Chapel which provides information of the chapel's current condition and restoration process, and the posted updates on Twitter Inc. for the Edexcel history exam schemes.

The article discusses the plan of Great Britain government to allot funds for the improvement of education in war-torn countries which include the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. It states that the plan is a result of a major international conference organised by the Department for International Development (DfID), of which one of the agenda was on children's education. Moreover, the said plan aims at improving school sanitation and encouraging women to become teachers.

The article offers information on the proposition of Eton College headmaster Anthony Little regarding the replacement of public schools in London, England with a state-run school. It cites the events on the 100 Group conference held in east London which discusses on social mobility. Harrow School head Barnaby Lenon backs Little and stresses the irrelevancy between the acquisitions of high grades in school of a student to his or her prosperous life in the future. INSETS: Upwardly mobile;In good company.

The article reports on the move by the delegates of the North of England Education Conference (NEEC) in York, England to push the secondary school league.

The article reports on the change carried out to the name North of England Education Conference (NEEC) in York, England. It reveals that the conference has been rebranded to NEEC2010 for its event in the said year which aims to recognize delegates working in children's services departments. Paul Murphy, the conference's manager, anticipates that its speakers will attract delegates, including Michael Bichard, Andrew Motion, and Yasmin Alibhai Brown.

The article offers information on several education related events including the Violence and Gang culture conference on February 24, 2009 in Leeds, England, The English Association Shakespeare "Tempest" Conference on February 28, 2009, and the Impact of Change on Learning and Learning on Change forum will be on February 25, 2009.

The article offers information on several conferences related to education including the Building Schools exhibition and conference from February 11-12, 2009, the National Maritime Museum continuing professional development (CPD) event that will be on February 9, 2009, and a conference on children's health will be held on February 12, 2009.

The article presents news briefs related to education. The local school authority in Renfrewshire, Scotland purchase televisions and Nintendo Wiis so that students can get some exercise without having to go outside. The British Darts Organisation has made the claim that darts should be taught in school because it can help students to improve their mental math abilities. The entertainment provided at the North of England Education Conference is criticized.