Education

Parents worry school starters won’t make friends

Over a third of parents in the South West (36 per cent) worry that their children won’t make friends when they start school, according to an Action for Children poll of more than 2,200 British parents.

Brigitte Gater, director of children’s services at Action for Children, which runs 38 children’s centres in Devon said: “The first day at school is an anxious time, sometimes more so for...

New adult learning accounting qualification available

Plymouth Adult and Community Learning Service (PACLS) have now been approved by the UK’s leading qualification and membership body for accounting staff. The AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Accounting Qualification is universally respected and internationally recognised.

Councillor Sue McDonald, Cabinet Member for Children, Young people and Public health says: “For many...

University to make confirmation process easier

Prospective students will get the chance to speak directly with their future lecturers as part of efforts by Plymouth University to make the confirmation process less stressful.

Thousands of applicants will receive their A-level results on Thursday 14 August and call the University’s specially established hotline to confirm they will be coming to Plymouth in September.

They...

Student wins International Day of Peace award

Ivybridge Community College student Sarah Wills has won a top award in a national creative writing competition that aims to educate people about peace and inclusiveness.

The high-profile competition, run by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), was open to students aged seven years old to 13 years old from throughout the UK, and 15-year-old Sarah received her award at an awards...

Successful pilot of Maths and English for Employment Course

Employment programmes should involve more than just job searching but focus more on improving potential employees’ skills, according to speakers at a recent “Association of Employment and Learning Providers” National Conference.

In particular, evidence shows that low English and Maths skills really hamper the likelihood of a person finding the kind of job they really want, succeeding...

More Than Just School!

Local training and education providers are running an event in Plymouth’s City Centre on Saturday 19 July to provide free impartial advice and guidance to young people and their parents.

City College Plymouth, UTC Plymouth, Achievement Training and Plymouth College of Art are joining forces to help spread the word that ‘there’s more to life than school’. The event has been organised in...

Schoolchildren train as coaches to offer helping hand to younger pupils

A primary school headteacher says an innovative form of coaching is transforming the self-confidence of pupils who are shy or under-achieving. The coaching programme at Woodlands Park Primary School in Ivybridge, Devon is the brainchild of the senior teaching assistant and Liz Scott Coaching and Training. Final year pupils are trained as coaches so that they can work with younger children at...

Students create Burrator Alive with History book

City College Plymouth’s, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students have been creating a book as part of an innovative social enterprise project.

‘Burrator Alive with History’, which launched on Wednesday 2 July, is a 60-page booklet created by the students. Together with their lecturer, Sarah Waters, they have researched, illustrated and taken photographs of sites found...

Interactive learning day proves a success

A visit to Flashpoint - a life skills centre based in Cornwall - proved an enjoyable and educational day for a group from Plymouth with learning disabilities. Flashpoint Lifeskills Centre is an interactive learning centre providing courses dedicated to accident and injury prevention, crime and disorder reduction as well as health and safety messages.

The day was set up by Dave Evans...

Devon primary school children graduate

Primary school children from across the county were invited to Plymouth University last week as part of a special graduation ceremony to celebrate their learning achievements.

Around 70 students from the Devon Children’s University received their ‘degree’ certificates from Professor Iain Stewart after completing their out-of-school programmes.

Iain, Chancellor of the Devon...

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