UK launches free AI training for schools as staff confidence lags Tech The government has rolled out a new suite of free training materials to help schools and colleges across England get to grips with artificial intelligence in the classroom. The Department of Education (DfE) said the resources – developed by Chiltern Learning Trust and the Chartered College of Teaching – aim to boost staff confidence in [...]
Apprenticeships: Relaxing maths and English rules welcomed by firms Politics Firms have welcomed the government’s plans to relax rules around maths and English requirements for apprentices as improving “flexibility and inclusivity”. Apprentices aged 19 and above will no longer be forced to complete English and maths functional skills qualifications in order to qualify, which the Department for Education (DfE) said would allow some 10,000 more [...]