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  • What’s next for sustainability in publishing? Attending BookMachine Unplugged, May 2023

    What’s next for sustainability in publishing? Attending BookMachine Unplugged, May 2023

    Two Oriel Square colleagues attended the BookMachine Unplugged: The Publishers’ Sustainability Survival Guide event in Oxford in May 2023. Here, Claire and Helen share the key takeaways and talking points from the event.

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  • A whole-school approach to sustainability: supporting St Swithun’s Primary School on its sustainability journey, September 2022–April 2023

    A whole-school approach to sustainability: supporting St Swithun’s Primary School on its sustainability journey, September 2022–April 2023

    This is the final blog in our four-part series – Sustainability in Education – written by our Head of People and Operations, Claire Gilbert.

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  • Empowering children to look after our planet: my journey supporting St Swithun’s Primary School on its sustainability journey, September 2022–April 2023

    Empowering children to look after our planet: my journey supporting St Swithun’s Primary School on its sustainability journey, September 2022–April 2023

    This is the third in a four-part blog series, Sustainability in Education, written by our Head of People and Operations, Claire Gilbert.

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  • “Make no mistake that the metaverse is coming”: the metaverse and what it could mean for children, teachers and schools

    “Make no mistake that the metaverse is coming”: the metaverse and what it could mean for children, teachers and schools

    The metaverse is an important buzzword in 2022, but what could it mean for education? And how does it translate into the practical experience in the classroom and home for students of today and tomorrow?

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  • Putting sustainability at the heart of school life

    Putting sustainability at the heart of school life

    Our Sustainability in Education blog series is created by our Head of Operations Claire Gilbert, who has recently been certified Carbon Literate. Part two takes us back to the classroom, learning from our Classroom Expert and award winning eco-coordinator Edd Moore about the impact the children have made at his school and beyond.

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  • “Unrecognisable changes”: What does the DfE’s 2022 climate change strategy mean for schools? 

    “Unrecognisable changes”: What does the DfE’s 2022 climate change strategy mean for schools? 

    Our Sustainability in Education blog series is created by our Head of Operations Claire Gilbert, who has recently been certified Carbon Literate. Part one reports on the DfE’s views on its 2022 sustainability strategy, covering why education is so critical to meeting the climate challenge.

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  • The Oriel Square four-day week

    The Oriel Square four-day week

    Oriel Square believes in productive hours, not long hours. Here we look at what our four-day week means for our team and our clients.

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  • Celebrating a decade of one of the UK’s largest digital programmes with EdTech pioneer Greg Hughes

    Celebrating a decade of one of the UK’s largest digital programmes with EdTech pioneer Greg Hughes

    Our EdTech Classroom Expert Greg Hughes shares how he implemented a tech revolution at his school and trust.

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  • Calling time on the ‘gold standard’? The future of assessment in England

    Calling time on the ‘gold standard’? The future of assessment in England

    The Westminster Education Forum in February 2022 brought together nearly twenty experts from the world of education to discuss the future of assessment in England. Claire Gilbert reports back on the key talking points.

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