Articles tagged with 'education' | University of Manchester

Due to the mass school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been a challenging year for our PGCE Programmes with trainee placements being curtailed. However, rather than be discouraged, we’ve seen our trainee teachers step up to the challenge,...

Tens of thousands of young people, parents, teachers and carers are participating in a mass programme of scientific discovery and communication across the UK while access to schools is limited. ...

The University of Manchester’s Primary and Secondary PGCE programmes have been recognised as ‘Outstanding’ across all assessed elements – the highest possible rating – by Ofsted. The result confirms the University as one of the country's leading ...

Primary school teachers should encourage children to tinker, play, and experiment more in the classroom and even “embrace failure” to help encourage and develop a new generation of engineers.   ...

The first major restoration project of the Carbon Landscape - a £3.2 million programme to restore former industrial landscapes in the North West - has been officially opened near Warrington. ...

The University of Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK. ...

The Making a Difference Awards for 2018 were announced at a ceremony in the Whitworth Hall on Tuesday, 1 May, with six School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) colleagues recognised for their commitment to social responsibility. The...

An expert from The University of Manchester has called for current linguistic guidance issued to teachers in England and Wales to address accents in his new book. ...

The British public are being invited to share their experiences of loneliness, as part of a national survey led by the BBC and The University of Manchester. ...

Experts have called for a significant and urgent increase in resources to support the mental health of young people in schools, after a study uncovered a ‘perfect storm’ of increased need and decreased provision. ...

A PhD student from The University of Manchester has travelled a million metres, just a few weeks before his sixtieth birthday in a global indoor rowing competition. ...

The way we talk can reveal a lot about us and our origins – in terms of region, class and ethnicity. The UK has a wide variety of accents but not all are created equal – with some accents deemed to be more socially acceptable than others. Maybe it...

Students from a girls’ grammar school have worked with educational psychologists from The University of Manchester to develop an accessible and appealing mental health strategy for their school. ...

A new board which aims to ensure that Greater Manchester’s children and young people have the best start in life has appointed Mel Ainscow CBE, Emeritus Professor of Education at The University of Manchester, as its independent chair. ...

The government has been criticised for a lack of accountability for academies. shutterstock Mel Ainscow, University of Manchester and Maija Salokangas, Trinity College Dublin Academies are back in the news – and not for a good reason. In the s...

New research has found that the introduction of academies is deepening divisions within the English education system. ...

A major new report by researchers from The University of Manchester is asking why disadvantaged children are still not performing as well as their more affluent peers, despite a decade of Government reforms. ...

“Slow” movements promote concepts of mindfulness and a consideration of process as well as outcomes. Shutterstock/Jaromir Chalabala Jess Harris, University of Newcastle; Mel Ainscow, University of Manchester; Nerida Spina, Queensland Universit...

The Manchester Institute of Education is one of seven institutions to have been chosen to partner with education charity Teach First. ...

A researcher from The University of Manchester has found that British schoolchildren think their teachers should keep their regional accents, rather than modifying them in ways they consider ‘more appropriate’ for the classroom. ...

Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, delivered a speech to students at The University of Manchester this week where he discussed his career and current role at the Bank of England and explained the outlook for the UK economy. ...

Key national and international figures from the Chinese community came together yesterday at The University of Manchester to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute, an organisation which endorses Chinese language and culture. ...

Teachers of the deaf from seven local authorities in the North West are to take part in a research initiative to enable deaf children to develop better societal understanding and more advanced social negotiation skills, leading to more intuitive writ...

An exhibition has been launched at Manchester Central Library to reflect on the life and legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, who was murdered in the playground of a Manchester high school in 1986 after defending younger Bangladeshi boys from racist bullying...

The University of Manchester is at the forefront of a national drive to transform the teaching of computing in schools. In 2012, the University’s Professor Steve Furber chaired a Royal Society project which published a report that recommended a mo...

Astrophysicists from The University of Manchester and The University of Cambridge have teamed up with secondary school students and Dance Manchester to create a performance to tell the story of the formation of stars in our solar system. The dance, S...

Youngsters from across Greater Manchester were wowed by the inspiration given to them by The University of Manchester’s own Women of Wonder. Dozens of Year 9 and 10 students from schools representing Manchester, Bury and Rochdale gathered at the U...

National polices are preventing primary schools from responding effectively to increased diversity in the classroom, according to a report written by a team of researchers at The University of Manchester. The report - commissioned by the Cambridge...

The University of Manchester today shines the spotlight on Greater Manchester’s trailblazing devolution journey with a raft of expert articles and blogs providing new analysis of Devo Manc - from health and social care to housing, transport and the n...

In response to comments by Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector of schools, today, experts at The University of Manchester's Institute of Education are available for interview. Professor Mel Ainscow CBE, the government's chief advisor for...