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For over 45 years, children from across the UK have headed to the family-run Rhos-Y-Gwaliau Outdoor Education Centre in Snowdonia, north Wales on school trips. They’ve gone gorge walking and abseiling. They’ve explored mines. Rhos-Y-Gwaliau has been seen as a haven of outdoor learning for children who otherwise might not have access to the countryside – not to mention the awe and wonder of the Welsh peaks. That is, until the pandemic hit. For the first time in over a year, schools may once again (from May 17) organise overnight educational visits. But the damage is done. The Save Outdo...

Steven A. Chambers, Ed.L.D.’21, likes a challenge, even if it is figuring out how to educate children when indoor classrooms aren’t an option.

Simon Lebus speech at the Annual Apprenticeship Conference Simon Lebus spoke about Ofqual's role in the apprenticeship system. From: 26 April 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Good morning and thank you for inviting me to speak to you at this year’s apprenticeship conference. It is a great honour to be the first speaker at this marathon five-day event and I am especially glad as it also gives me the opportunity to thank all of you for the huge effort that is being put in to ensuring that high quality apprenticeship assessments continue to be delivered to appr...

Updated Youngsters learn to ski at East Barnby Outdoor Centre. Over the next few months, the views of different organisations will be gathered through questionnaires, user groups and other channels as the County Council carries out its review of Outdoor Learning Service. The review will determine what North Yorkshire’s Outdoor Learning Service should look like in the future and what services it should provide for the county’s young people. The pandemic has had a significant financial impact on the County Council’s two residential sites at Bewerley Park in Nidderdale and East Barnby nea...

Reply Learners join in a community workshop on tech tools in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Chester County Intermediate Unit) DOWNINGTOWN, PA — A ten-day festival of learning returns after a challenging academic year, as Chester County's Intermediate Unit brings drones, coding, farming, and STEAM events to help "remake learning" in May. In partnership with the PA SEED Ecosystem, southeastern Pennsylvania will host more than 30 events during this learning festival between May 6-16, 2021. These events are designed for parents and caregivers to learn alongside their kids and offer relevant and ...