Posts Tagged ‘education’

Women in the Boardroom: Kelly Holmes appointed to board of TUI Travel’s education division

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes is being appointed as a non-executive director of travel giant TUI Travel’s education division.

Invitation to FMWF members: Celebrating women entrepreneurs

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

The University of East London is hosting an event in City Hall to celebrate the contributions of women entrepreneurs in business and the community.

I knew my girl wasn’t dyslexic – So I took her out of class and brought her up to speed myself

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

This mother refused to accept her daughter was dyslexic when her school blamed the fact she had fallen behind on the condition. So she home-schooled her daughter instead, and after one year she was back at school and top of the class.

Teenagers gained ‘A’s at GCSE despite scoring less than 50%

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

In a damning report, Ofqual said standards were still ‘too low’ in the subject and questions not difficult enough despite a warning to exam boards to toughen up their papers.

Resource for young people to explore skills launched

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Windmills has launched a new resource aimed at 14-19 year-olds. The programme was developed at Liverpool University and is now being spun out.

Helena Bonham Carter launches Valentine’s Day domestic violence campaign

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

National domestic violence charity, Refuge, is launching a new campaign to educate women about some of the signs of abuse.