Education

Aspiring teachers with the passion and potential to teach are being encouraged to attend the National College for Teaching and Leadership’s roadshow when it visits Plymouth on Tuesday 3 June.

The “Train to Teach” roadshow is the most comprehensive event of its kind, giving new graduates and those considering a career change, a chance to find out more about the rewards and opportunities...

The ‘Fire 999’ DVD developed by Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and Plymouth People First is proving a really useful resource to empower support staff and volunteers who work with adults with a learning disability to deliver consistent and accurate fire safety training.

The DVD is divided into four short sections to encourage interactive Q&A sessions throughout. It...

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, is encouraging more local schools to teach financial education this June, to give their pupils a head-start in financial education before it becomes a compulsory part of the new National Curriculum in September.

The move comes in advance of this year’s My Money Week (9-15 June), run by national financial education charity pfeg (Personal...

Plymouth University is now ranked inside the top 50 global modern universities according to the most comprehensive league table of its kind, released yesterday (Wednesday).

In the Times Higher Education ‘100 Under 50’, Plymouth is placed at 42 – up 11 places from 2013 – of those universities under the age of 50. Only 14 UK universities are in the list, with Plymouth the 6th highest,...