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SET was formed in 1996 by Bob Harrison. Support for Education and Training has built up a wide range of clients since '96 ranging from Rolls Royce to Birds Eye - Walls in the private sector and Government Departments and National Agencies in the public sector.

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Latest News - June & July 2010

  • and Bob attended the Naace meeting on the 4th June.

  • The National College BSF Leadership programme with Cumbria (lets hope they get the funding given everything they have gone through recently) is on the 11/12 June and a decision is urgently needed on the whole BSF programme.

  • Northern College Governors meet on the 14th June and then the Frog annual conference will be hosted by Bob on the 15th June in Manchester. http://www.frogtrade.com/index.phtml?d=421406

  • Trainee Headteacher coaching continues for the NPQH and the Lostock College governors meet on the 14th todiscuss the proposed merger with Stretford HS to form the Trafford Academy.

  • Kings College Cambridge is the venue for the "Partnerships in Education" day when Bob will be showcasing the Toshiba Digital Leaders project.

  • The RM annual bash is on the 7th July  and this is followed the same week with the Academies Conference at Lancaster Gate.

  • Employment Tribunals dominate the rest of July before Bob heads out to Stanford University for his annual study visit to discover more recent developments in educational research and development in silicon valley which he can share back here in the UK.
 
3rd Millennium Learning Quiz PDF Print E-mail

Bob Harrison’s 3rd Millennium Learning Quiz

21st Century Learning Quiz updated to take account of Government changes
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More Innovation, Creativity and Community needed in a time of cuts? PDF Print E-mail

More Innovation?

“More Innovation and Creativity using digital technologies” was the cry of the presenters and 700 delegates at the Frog learning platforms national conference in Manchester but is anybody in government listening and what is the future for mass gatherings and conferences for the education professionals?
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Mobile technology learning resource or explosive device? PDF Print E-mail

The tragic story of the science teacher in Mansfield found not guilty of attempted murder has once again generated hysteria about the use of mobile phones in schools and colleges.

Described dramatically as an “explosive” combination the digital technology seems to getting some of the blame for the incident?

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Teacher skills vital to avoid “crisis of relevance”? PDF Print E-mail

Why VITAL is so vital to avoid a “crisis of relevance” in Education

At a recent conference the new Vice Chancellor of the Open University alerted delegates to what he described as a growing “crisis of relevance” in our schools and colleges.
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BBC Education

Future Lab Flux Blog

  • What do you get from participating?
    People join online communities where there is a benefit to them doing so - and understanding that benefit is at the heart of growing and developing all manner of online interactions. The benefits can be personal achievement, commercial responsibility, the ability to have questions answered or a range of other personal, social or economic benefits to the person themselves. To understand how these online interactions develop, and how online communities can develop, it pays to consider the transactional costs.
  • Taking risks intelligently
    We're working on a project called Code of Everand which has been developed by the Department of Transport to engage children moving from Primary to Secondary school around the issues of road safety. I mention it because it's an exciting project; because it's another example of how games are being used to support learning, and because it is a new take on a traditional area where adults try to help young people understand about risk taking.

NCSL

  • Investing to save
    Grants are being made available to enable more primary schools to come together to share the skills of a school business manager
  • Capital Investment Leadership Programme closure
    In light of the Education Secretary's announcement about the closure of Building Schools for the Future projects, we have decided to stop our Capital Investment Leadership Programme