Last year Dr Francis Biley, an innovative and compassionate academic mental health nurse, very sadly died. On 31 January 2013 he will be awarded a posthumous Professorship in Nursing by Bournemouth University, which will be received by his widow Anna in recognition of his achievement as a scholar and...
The Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB) is delighted to announce that it will soon become the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) following a ministerial decision released today. The Government announced in June that the qualifying threshold for full university title was to be lowered from 4,000 to 1,000 full-time...
Having triumphed in the South West regional heat of SkillBuild, the UK’s largest multi-trade competition, three of Weymouth College’s Stonemasonry apprentices, Thomas Whitehead (22), Darek Malecki (32) and Edward Shaw (30), from Weymouth, Cheddar and Chichester attended the national competition at Preston College between the 12th and 14th September;...
Liz Myles, the new Principal of Weymouth College has announced that 20 A levels will be offered from September 2013 and 30 from September 2014. Following yet another successful year for student achievement (99% pass rate) the decision has been made to re introduce an aspect of student learning...
I received the following letter from Greg who works in the south of England:" I'm an ICT specialist. I teach Year 5 and 6 children to code iPhone apps. I was known throughout the authority for my subject knowledge in ICT.Anyway, we were inspected in December 2010. I was...
A good deal of excellent things have been written about GCSEgate and it will be very interesting to see how Ofqual, the exam boards and Michael Gove manage to wriggle out of it. Most teachers and headteachers with direct responsibility for students sitting the English papers are convinced that...
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I really love many kinds of sport. What I don't want or need, though is to be told that the people I must admire and support belong to this or that nation or this or that team. I want that to be my choice and to for me to...
Here's the Draft National Curriculum for English Key Stages 1 and 2:Key Stage 1 & 2 National CurriculumFirst observation: the document is anonymous - just as the National Literacy Strategy was! This is outrageous. What an example of non-democracy at work! Those of us who teach in universities, spend...
In June, Richard Scutt from local community group, Dorset Humanists visited Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England School in Salisbury to explain Humanist beliefs and values at the school’s ‘Multi-faith Day’. Richard began each session by outlining various definitions of Humanism and detailing our core beliefs and ethics. He went on to discuss...
