For a long while I have questioned the nature of knowledge. As it is referred to in academic circles the study of knowledge is called 'epistemology' and serves to cover the breadth of human understanding at any given point. Thus in 1222 human understanding differed radically from human understanding...
Talbot Village Trust has presented Linwood School with more than £34,000 to create an outdoor learning area for its pupils. Linwood School is a day special school for children and young people aged 3-19 who have a comprehensive range of special educational needs and disabilities. The donation from the...
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...
Absolutely beyond belief (excuse the pun).
'My daughter is revising for her RE GCSE this week. In their work book she showed me this question, and at the back, the answers. The question explicitly asks for answers based on religious teachings or sacred texts. The answer is straight out of...
Dorset County Council has set out proposals in a paper going to Cabinet on 17 October for a redefined relationship between the council and schools and academies across Dorset.
The aim of the proposals is to bring about school improvement through the creation of a new Dorset School Improvement Board...
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 British technology company is encouraging higher education students in Dorset to apply for its new fintech scholarship…provided they are studying something other than finance or computer science.
The fintech firm's contrarian approach to addressing a looming talent shortage has been hailed by politicians, academics and business leaders across the...
Weymouth College, led by staff member Hilary Yuille began its ‘Investors in Diversity’ journey in September 2012 with students, internal and external stakeholders taking part in an equality and diversity survey. Principal of the College, Liz Myles said: “The journey and achievement of the standard gives a positive message...
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...
When my working class kin tell me that public school is a den of privilege and a free ticket to success, I sometimes tell them the odd tale from my time. It makes a lot of people but breaks quite a few too.
In 1712 Queen Ann founded the Greenwich...
