Education

Children will be going outside to learn as part of a major campaign to get them more in touch with the environment.

Desks and chairs will make way for grass, ponds and games outside during Empty Classroom Day, which also heralds the launch of the new Natural Connections programme.

Eight city schools have so far signed up to the three-year project, which is led by a partnership...

A ground-breaking project which aims to significantly increase the number of school-aged children experiencing the full range of benefits that come from learning outside the classroom in natural environments has been launched today (Tuesday 2 July) at Glenfrome Primary School, Bristol.

The Natural Connections Demonstration Project is set to run for the next three years and aims to work...

‘University tsar’ Professor Les Ebdon is set to join a host of international delegates at Plymouth University this week for a conference on the experience of learners in higher education.

The 20th annual Forum for Access and Continuing Education (FACE), Learner Journeys – Origins, Experiences and Destinations, will focus in particular upon students from groups which are under-...

Eight interns from Project Search, Derriford, graduated this week following nine months of intensive work-based training gaining Diplomas in Progression.

The interns, who all have learning disabilities, have been working in Derriford Hospital, on honorary contracts while developing and learning new work skills.

The project partners’ representatives from Plymouth Hospitals NHS...