An all-girl robotics team from Brentwood School in Essex is the only all-female and UK school team to be invited to compete in a brand new Chinese robot fighting television show “King of Bots”, which will be hosted by international martial arts celebrity, Jet Li.

Hewlett Packard (HP), Intel and IT solutions specialists XMA have awarded Leighton Park School the exciting Ripple Effect Prize. The prize recognises schools at the forefront of using technology to support student learning.

School might be out for summer, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t be learning. Leading Chartered Psychologist and Member of the British Psychological Society, Dr Simon Moore (BSc, PhD, CPsychol), has unveiled new insight demonstrating how language-based gaming apps can help children develop their language learning.

Gregg Davies, Headmaster of Shiplake College, describes what happened next after the school took the decision to ban mobile phones – and how the technology ban has enabled students to properly connect with the world around them.

Shahneila Saeed, Head of Education at UKIE and co-author of new book Hacking the Curriculum: Creative Computing and the Power of Play, argues that computer games have an important role to play in education.

Pocklington School is to offer BTEC Level 3 National Diplomas in Sport and Digital Publishing to its Sixth Form students, as part of its commitment to offering a breadth of opportunity in its curriculum.