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Friday 10th September 2010

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Website of the Week

The Eden Project is wholly owned by the Eden Trust, an educational charity that use exhibits, events, workshops and educational programmes to remind people of our dependence on, and connection to, the natural world. The Eden site in Cornwall welcomes over a million people every year and the Eden team try to ensure all visitors leave knowing something more about their connections to the world. Eden has been created to engage, entertain and inspire the imagination to a much wider audience. This work includes programmes and projects with schools, colleges and universities, and national campaigns such as The Big Lunch.

www.edenproject.com

(A list of previous websites of the week are available to members in the Community section)

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Noticeboard

08/09/10
PART TIME & TRAINEE SCIENCE TECHNICIAN VACANCIES - ST PAUL'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE, SUNBURY
Applicants should be enthusiastic and prepared to work in all areas of Science. Training will be provided. The post offers flexible working hours in a friendly environment of 5 technicians...read more

01/09/10
NATIONAL TECHNICIAN AWARDS 2011
In 2011 The Salters' Institute is entering the eighth year of the Salters' National Awards for Science Technicians which are now presented annually...read more

14/07/10
UNISON SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER
The latest UNISON in Schools newsletter has been published. It gives updated information on academies, SSSNB, rarely cover and more...read more

06/07/10
BSF SCRAPPED
Hundreds of school building projects are being scrapped as England's national school redevelopment scheme is axed by the government...read more

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Site News

14/06/2010
THE HOME STRAIGHT
Well, the summer holidays are in sight but for many of us this time of year can be the busiest and most hectic. Ordering...read more

04/05/2010
NEWSLETTER
Our latest newsletter has been sent out to all on our mailing list. This month's edition covers everything from the recent Icelandic eruptions to...read more

28/02/2010
7TH ANNUAL HANTSWEB AWARDS
Thank you to all those who recently voted for us in the HantsWeb awards. Unfortunately we did not win the overall award but we...read more

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Technician News

06/09/10
BETTER TRAINING FOR TAs?
A policy think tank favoured by David Cameron has given a boost to teaching assistants working with children with special needs...read more

01/09/10
"SCIENCE GCSEs NOT TOUGH ENOUGH"
England's exams watchdog has suggested two of this year's science GCSEs were too easy. Ofqual chief executive Isabel Nisbet said the science and additional science exams had "fallen short" of what pupils and teachers should have expected...read more

02/08/10
153 SCHOOLS SIGN UP BE ACADEMIES
Only 153 schools have applied to become academies despite a government fanfare claiming the number was more than a thousand, official figures revealed today...read more

14/07/10
THE BSF BACKLASH BEGINS
Education Secretary Michael Gove has faced tough questions from MPs over his scrapping of school rebuilding plans in local authorities across England...read more

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