Weymouth College is taking part in Vocational Qualifications Day (VQ) on Wednesday 5th June by celebrating the vocational achievement of its students with visual displays, volleyball and live music for students in College Square. VQ Day aims to promote stories from students and their successes. Outdoor Education Apprentice and...
In 1988, I went to a fee-paying all-boys grammar school, then in 1991 left for a state comprehensive, where I finished the last term of third year, and the remaining two years of compulsory schooling, studying for GCSEs. The simple fact I've experienced both sides perhaps makes my contribution...
Mental Health Awareness Week starts on 15 May and the theme for this year is anxiety. We can all experience feelings of anxiety at any time in our lives, for many different reasons. Whether it’s big life events, money troubles, relationship changes or a new job – anxiety is...
Most 'reforms' in education have two elements that underpin them: 1) they are based on the fairytale of universal 'decline' 2) since 1988 they have been carried out by small clique without the so-called checks and balances of constitutional democracy. 1. This fairytale is a multi-dimensional construct made up...
Matthew Hancock, Skills and Enterprise Minister has asked a small group of leading Early Years employers to develop new standards for apprenticeships and report to him by the summer. He said, “We want to see Apprenticeships become the new norm for all ambitious young people, and employers who are...
A Dorset sixth-former has led a drive to support a pioneering medical research programme that is helping to find a cure for Coronavirus. Tristram Waters, an 18-year-old Computer Science student at Bryanston School near Blandford, researched and developed a plan to capitalise on the School’s computing resources to support...
Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership has signed a £100k grant agreement with the Careers & Enterprise Company to deliver an ‘Enterprise Adviser Network’ for 40 schools and colleges across Dorset. The Enterprise Adviser Network inspires and motivates young people about potential career choices and supports them to make informed choices about their future. 40...
Dear Parent:I know. You’re worried. Every day, your child comes home with a story about THAT kid. The one who is always hitting, shoving, pinching, scratching, maybe even biting other children. The one who always has to hold my hand in the hallway. The one who has a special...
Weymouth College Engineering students had the opportunity to showcase their welding skills at an inaugural event held at The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), in London. The academy’s activities in education and training tackle the strategic challenge of creating a system of engineering education and training that satisfies the...
“Having visited several schools in Shanghai last week- I feel we have plenty to learn from the Chinese, but without any need to feel in awe of their education system or to suffer from any inferiority complex. In fact, I found English education is held in very high esteem,” Thomas Hardye School Head...
