Dr Sarah Curran, Reader and Principal Lecturer in Podiatry at Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Cardiff School of Health Sciences, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy. Dr Curran is the first podiatry lecturer in the country to win the prestigious award. Dr Sarah Curran The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, funded by the Higher Education Funding Councils for England and Wales and the Department for the Economy (DfE) Northern Ireland, recognises and rewards excellent learning and teaching. …

Hape Baby Stroller is the perfect addition to any nursery This classic stroller lets your child take “dolly” for a walk around the block…or all through the house. Not only is its stunning design and finish beautiful to behold, but its many features serve children throughout the developmental stages of early childhood encouraging role play and storytelling as well as stimulating the imagination. Recommended from 3+ years the Hape Baby Stroller is available to buy from Hape for £45. What…

Oakfield Primary School attends Kellogg’s Breakfast Club awards at Westminster Houses of Parliament to collect national trophy A primary school in Cardiff has won ‘Best Breakfast Club in Wales’ and received £1,500 in prize money for their breakfast club. Oakfield Primary School’s breakfast club came top of the class for providing a healthy and creative approach to breakfast for their attendees and ensure each child feels involved and able to participate in activities. The winning school bagged £1,500 prize money…

Following its successful campaign to prevent women being removed from the Politics A-level, the Women’s Equality Party is once again calling on the Government to backtrack on its education policy. “We are asking the Secretary of State for Education to look again at the syllabus for the Philosophy A-Level and AS-Level, neither of which feature women,” said WEP leader Sophie Walker today. “It is frankly embarrassing that the syllabi for these two courses were approved without anyone noticing the absence…

A ground breaking partnership has been announced between the WRU and the new multi sports arena in Penarth the Vale Sports Arena. The partnership will see a number of rugby coach education opportunities in the Vale of Glamorgan to help grow the game. The WRU Coach Development department  are excited to announce a new additional state-of-the-art facility to its 2016/17 coach education programme. Jon Evans coach development manager for the Blues region stated “The Vale arena offers a new indoor…

Getting children across the UK and Ireland writing, with over £14,000 worth of prizes   Recognising the importance of handwriting in children’s development, BIC has unveiled the very first Handwriting Olympiad. Launched in partnership with Start-Bee, which helps children to write effortlessly and enjoyably, the competition aims to get primary school children writing simply by asking them to complete the sentence, “I love being able to write because…”.   Hosted on the Teachers’ Corner section of the recently developed BIC®…