Young people set to learn more about e-safety 2nd February 2018 Children and young people in Hull will be able to find out more about how to keep safe online as part of Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 6 February. Safer Internet Day 2018 is organised by three leading organisations Childnet International, Internet Watch Foundation and SWGfL, with one mission – to promote the safe and […] Read more Education and Learning
Getting a head start on Time to Talk Day 31st January 2018 Hull City Council and HeadStart Hull are supporting Time to Talk Day, taking place on Thursday 1 February, as part of a nationwide push to get people talking more openly about mental health for one day. Time to Talk Day is organised by Time to Change, the campaign to change how we all think and […] Read more Education and Learning
Hull migrants share their journeys through artwork 24th January 2018 Learners who have moved to Hull from other countries have created an art instillation to represent their unique journeys to the city. The Homelands project invited people who had moved to live in Hull from abroad to attend 10 three-hour workshops, at which they created a 6ft-by-4ft piece of artwork depicting flags from around the […] Read more Education and Learning
Best ever Key Stage 2 results for Hull primary schools 14th December 2017 Hull City Council is today celebrating the citys best ever Key Stage 2 results, topping the league table in Yorkshire and the Humber. The results released today by the Department for Education (DfE) show that the percentage of pupils achieving Reading, Writing and Maths at expected standard has improved by 10 percentage points, from 53 […] Read more Education and Learning
Leading learning provider gains top endorsement for health and social care training 28th November 2017 Hull Training and Adult Education has been awarded the skills for care endorsement and is one of the first health and social care providers in the area to achieve this award, widely recognised as one of the most rigorous and independent accreditation methods. This is a bespoke quality mark for learning and development providers within […] Read more Education and Learning
Celebrating apprenticeship success at awards ceremony 26th September 2017 Hull Training and Adult Education has recognised the achievements of apprentices, learners and businesses at their annual awards ceremony. Learners and their employers across Business, Creative and Digital, Construction, Engineering, Manufacture, Signmaking, Health, Care, Teaching and Learning sectors celebrated for their achievements during the past year with 15 awards overall at The Guildhall, Hull on […] Read more Education and Learning
Hull born civil servant and Chairman and Chief Executive of Post Office to have plaque unveiled in his honour 22nd September 2017 Councillor Mary Glew, Lords Prescott and Baker unveiled a Lord Mayor Centenary plaque to honour Lord Ron Dearing at the citys first University Technical College. Lord Ron Dearing was born and educated in the city and went on to become a senior civil servant and Chairman of the Post Office. Lord Dearing was best known […] Read more Education and Learning
New parenting courses to start 13th September 2017 A number of free parenting courses to explore techniques and approaches to leading a healthy family lifestyle are taking place at venues across the city. The HENRY (Health, Exercise and Nutrition in the Really Young) parenting course, aimed at parents and carers of babies and young children under the age of five, are a unique […] Read more Education and Learning
New chapter for education and business as Ron Dearing UTC opens 12th September 2017 Pioneering Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC) opened today, beginning a new chapter for education and business in Hull and East Yorkshire. The first students were greeted by Principal Sarah Pashley and her staff as they entered Ron Dearing UTCs state-of-the-art new building, which has been designed to replicate development processes in industry. The UTC […] Read more Education and Learning
SATs results show continuing improvement in Hull 31st August 2017 National curriculum assessment results, released by the Department for Education today (Thursday 31 August), show that Hull is continuing to improve, at the combined measure, in line with improvements nationally. Early data released shows 61 per cent of the citys pupils reached the expected standard in all three of the core subjects (Reading, Writing and […] Read more Education and Learning