Monthly news: January 2005
Issue 3, January 2006
Welcome to our third issue of education news! Every four weeks these pages will provide our pick of current news from the world of education, to help keep you up to speed with what's on in this dynamic and diverse sector.
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Rock school returns
Kiss frontman-cum-music teacher Gene Simmons returns for a second season of televised tutoring. This time he’s attempting to create a teenage rock band using pupils from a Lowestoft comprehensive…
Everything you wanted to know about teaching....
Career changers, graduates and final year students descend on Leeds and London for the largest free education recruitment fair in the UK.
The happiest staff room in Britain
Find out why so many teachers at Walker Technology College are reluctant to leave their school for outside opportunities.
The technology of teaching
Learn about the latest in cutting edge information and communications technologies (ICT), on show last week at the 2006 BETT educational fair.
Should pupils be taught about mental health?
With Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) already part of the national curriculum, some teachers believe that a specialised mental health subject is unnecessary; others maintain it’s vital.
Best practice from the ASE
Discover more about the Association for Science Education (ASE) and why its annual conference was "one of the best for many years".