Independent Education Today Whitepaper Archive
Welcome to the Whitepaper Archive
Whitepaper: Simple methods to protect your iPad and tablet investment
Description: iPads and other tablets are increasingly becoming integral to modern learning, there is however a lack of understanding on how to manage them effectively.
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Whitepaper: Attitudes to Risk in Independent Schools 2014
Description: The 2014 Attitudes to Risk in Independent Schools Report is based on the findings of a survey of independent schools across the UK, commissioned by Lucas Fettes & Partners in association with Baker Tilly.
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Whitepaper: The impact of independent schools on the British economy
Description: Report on the impact of private schools on the UK economy, prepared by Oxford Economics for the ISC
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Whitepaper: ISC Census 2014
Description: Census of 1257 independent schools across the UK that make up the ISC
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Whitepaper: Microsoft's 'first class computing' programme
Description: Microsoft has unveiled a brand new suite of materials aimed specifically at primary school teachers who, from September, will be teaching computing to primary school children for the first time.
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Whitepaper: On-demand learning in HE
Description: James Cross, Educator in Residence at MediaCore, developers of the MediaCore cloud-based video learning platform, looks at how universities can differentiate themselves by using online video to enhance the student experience and deliver greater value for money.
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Whitepaper: Active learning environments in HE
Description: Student-centred active learning environments are changing learning and teaching for the better. As universities come under pressure from increased fees and on-line alternatives such as MOOC’s (Massively Open Online Courses), active learning plays to the social strengths of people and relationships where teamwork and talking to solve complex problems are key.
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Classic children’s tales still popular
The Read for my Schools challenge helps to foster a love of reading in children and the results for 2014 are now in
Sailing away to success
A school in the Lake District is the first in the country to earn RYA champion club status for sail racing
Risk management programme extends
The Risk-Avert programme will roll out across the country following a successful pilot project in Essex
College aims at better cost-control
Clifton College has installed a new software system in a bid to reduce catering costs without impacting on quality
Three in a row for Bethany School
The Kent school’s art department is celebrating as its pupils’ work is selected for exhibition at a Margate gallery
NW school’s masterplan begins
Levitt Bernstein have designed a new junior school and hub for Withington Girls’ School in Manchester
Strings attached
Works by Grieg and Strauss were amongst those performed in a joint concert by students from Oundle School and the Royal College of Music
Taunton teens ride 989 mile for charity
Two fifteen-year-olds have raised more than £4,300 for cancer charities by cycling the length of Great Britain
Looking beyond the school gates
Helen Jeys from Manchester High School for Girls asks how schools can prepare young people, not just for employment, but for adulthood
Just what the doctor ordered
Diagnosing ailments and even keyhole surgery were on the agenda when Classroom Medics paid a visit to a Shropshire school, writes Greg Rees
The importance of character building
Berkhamsted School Principal Mark Steed discusses the role independent schools play in building the character of their pupils
Grass makes pitch perfect
Problems with the playing fields at Old Anniesland in Glasgow have been resolved thanks to specially developed fast-growing grass
Choral visit to Solihull
Solihull School’s choir has performed alongside Nigel Short’s Tenebrae in a concert of ‘Russian Treasures’
Sodexo signs up for Freedom Foods
Sodexo has become the first food service provider to sign up for Freedom Foods for independent schools
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