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  • Improving Literacy and Oracy Outcomes: a MAT’s Story

    Improving Literacy and Oracy Outcomes: a MAT’s Story

    Shareen Wilkinson, Executive Director of Education at LEO Academy Trust, talks with Keira Moulding about LEO’s journey to improve literacy outcomes.

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  • AI and Literacy: How AI can enhance reader engagement

    AI and Literacy: How AI can enhance reader engagement

    Pickatale’s Sigbjørn Dugal and Emily Guille-Marrett spoke to Sam Derby about how AI can enhance reader engagement and literacy.

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  • Making Change: A Greener Curriculum

    Making Change: A Greener Curriculum

    Sustainability subject expert Claire Gilbert talks with Paul Turner from the teacher collective, Ministry of Eco Education and Jamie Agombar from the student-driven Students Organising for Sustainability UK about the outlook for climate education in the curriculum review.

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  • The Industry View: Education Stakeholders Must Be at the Heart of Reform

    The Industry View: Education Stakeholders Must Be at the Heart of Reform

    Peter Doyle is Policy Manager at BESA. Here he provides an industry perspective on the curriculum review.

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  • The Curriculum and Assessment Review: What the Experts Want to See

    The Curriculum and Assessment Review: What the Experts Want to See

    For issue 5 of Education Insights, we spoke to 13 education stakeholders about their ambitions and aspirations for England’s curriculum and assessment review.

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  • A deep dive into Vocational and Technical Qualifications: Part two

    A deep dive into Vocational and Technical Qualifications: Part two

    We take a look at ongoing innovation in the VTQ space, including concerns over proposed changes, learner demographics, and the impact on the education publishing industry.

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  • The future of assessment in a digital age

    The future of assessment in a digital age

    Here we look at the future of digital assessments, the opportunities that arise from digital assessment and the challenges.

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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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  • Engaging schools and communities to support children’s learning

    Engaging schools and communities to support children’s learning

    Ensuring that education objectives continue to be achieved both during and after the pandemic involves multiple stakeholders and diverse partnerships. With new educational needs arising, and the nature of roles changing for all involved, we turn again to the central question of accountability: how can we all work to ensure that children achieve their full…

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