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11 Jan, 2018
Speaking to a journalist doesn’t need to be scary
Good advice and an open approach to building relationships with journalists can make your time in the media spotlight a positive experience Last week, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued the rather dramatic instruction that members of the public should ‘exercise caution’ when approached by a journalist. Read more here. It notes that […]
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14 Dec, 2017
Hark, the glad sound of SATS tables
by our education expert, Linda Tanner If I cut this chocolate coin into three equal parts and eat two of them, what proportion do I have left? Answer: a third. No, 0 per cent – because my brother has eaten the remainder, while complaining that I had had twice as much as him. Primary schools […]
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06 Dec, 2017
Social media presents problems for schools – but they still need to embrace it.
A growing role for communications teams in schools is dealing with issues on social media. Often, it is a student who has been sent inappropriate images which leads to all sorts of issues – helping the student, getting rid of the images, dealing with the faceless wonders of Snapchat and Facebook, ensuring the school’s reputation […]
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27 Nov, 2017
Parent Power tells us a lot – but not very much about the best schools
by Rich Coulter Imagine for a moment working as a volunteer to build a school in a drought-ravaged, war torn part of the world. You spend a year in the toughest of circumstances, you build the school which is beyond the dreams of the community … then you get told you efforts are worthless because […]