September 4, 2014
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There are a number of useful resources available online to support you as you start or return to study at university. Some of these are new this year. SkillsHub The University of Northampton SkillsHub is a place where you can … Continue reading
September 1, 2014
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On Wednesday 27th August Sarah Montague interviewed Tony Little on ‘The Educators’ on Radio 4. The programme is available on i-player and I will add it to Box of Broadcasts. As you can see from the programme blurb (left) Tony … Continue reading
July 21, 2014
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Last week Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, and MP, Alex Cunningham, met with the National Education Trust (NET) and Unison. You can read about the meeting here: raising the profile of TAs Tristram Hunt also tweeted asking for thoughts on … Continue reading
April 1, 2014
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Tomorrow (Wednesday April 2nd) is the seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day. You can read more about it here. This evening there is a Horizon programme on BBC at 9pm. It is repeated on Wednesday 2nd April on BBC 2 … Continue reading
March 19, 2014
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Yesterday MP Alex Cunningham led a Westminster Hall debate on the value of teaching assistants in schools. The TES reported on this debate: “The government has “no plans or any powers” to cut thousands of teaching assistants’ jobs, education minister … Continue reading
March 16, 2014
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On Tuesday 18th March Alex Cunningham, Mp for Stockton North, has been granted a 90 minute Westminster Hall debate on ‘the value of Teaching Assistants’. This will take place from 9.30 – 11am. Westminster Hall, … Continue reading
February 11, 2014
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The results of two randomised controlled trials published by England’s Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) on the 7th February 2014 noted that ‘teaching assistants can improve literacy and numeracy when they are deployed well’. Deploying TAs well included using them to … Continue reading
September 5, 2013
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This week there is an interesting article on the Education Guardian website by Louise Tickle entitled ‘What does the future hold for primary languages?’ You can read it here: What does the future hold for primary languages? As you read … Continue reading
August 2, 2013
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There’s an interesting programme on Radio 4 at the moment – Teacher versus tutor. Its exploring the differences between tutors employed by parents to give their children extra tuition and support offered in schools. You can read about it here … Continue reading
July 19, 2013
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Have you explored the resources available on the TES website? There is section for teaching assistants. You can find it here: TES for TAs You can search and browse for resources in lots of areas such as behaviour support, … Continue reading