Monthly news: June 2006

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Students to leave common room for classroom

Discover why teaching is one of the most popular career destinations for final year university students.

Graduates to investigate teaching

Nearly half of graduates aged 25 to 40 are likely to investigate teaching as a career this year, according to research published this month.

The physics of Fußball

As World Cup fever grips the nation’s classrooms, a new book demonstrates how science teachers can use football to capture their students’ imaginations – and how England can, just maybe, use science to bring back the trophy.

What are you doing this summer?

Not everyone’s packing their suitcase and heading to the Med, this year. Take Sandra Chadwick, who heads up special needs education at Hove Park School; last summer she made an inspiring trip to a secondary school in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.

An apple for the teachers

Find our how an affordable housing scheme for new teachers looks set to spread across the country after proving an unbridled success in Manchester.

Illustrator puts disabled characters in the picture

Quentin Blake’s illustrations are familiar to millions worldwide. As storyteller Roald Dahl’s artist, he was responsible for bringing the likes of the BFG, Matilda and Willy Wonka to life. Now the illustrator has taken one area of his passion even further by throwing his weight behind a campaign to raise the profile of disabled children.