A report has claimed unfair school funding puts hundreds of thousands of children in schools in the North at a disadvantage compared with their counterparts in London. It has revealed at primary school level, the north of England receives about £4,600 per pupil in grant funding, which is about the […]
A North East charity are looking to build the first cancer support, awareness and education centre in the UK through help of volunteers. The charity have several shops around the North East, including one on Blandford Street, Sunderland, which are always open to taking on new volunteers. SR News caught […]
A University of Sunderland graduate who decided to go to University in his late-20s is now inspiring others to stop delaying their own higher education. Stephen Goldsmith, 35, works in the University’s access to Higher Education team promoting degree courses and providing advice for potential students at various events – […]
Google has announced the opening of a pop-up Digital Garage at the City Library in Newcastle where it will deliver free digital skills training. The pop-up, which opens today (April 22), will employ experts to provide one-to-one mentoring and digital masterclasses five days a week. The Digital Garage in Newcastle is being […]
The state-of-the-nation report card has found that GCSE results in the North East are improving. However, despite this, the report, which is published by the Fair Education Alliance (FEA), has found that good schooling in England is still “patchy”. The group of education organisation also concluded more must be done to […]
As many as 11 two libraries/mobile libraries have been closed in Sunderland since 2010, according to the BBC. There are now 75 paid staff members and 53 volunteers, compared to the 19 unpaid volunteers in 2010 . Sunderland City Council’s Head of Education, Attainment and Lifelong Learning, Beverley Scanlon, said: “While these figures might reflect the closure […]
Much of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget announcement focussed around reforms to the Education System, and a particular announcement that caught the eye was the introduction of a “Sugar Tax”. This is namely an initiative revolving around taxing Soft Drink companies and reinvesting the revenue from the procedure into Physical Education […]
The ex Tomorrow’s World presenter Judith Hann has backed better training for science teachers to inspire other women. Ms Hann has called for “more and better-trained” science teachers to inspire other women to go into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. The Zoology and Botany graduate from Durham University […]
Over the last 18 months Sunderland City Council has worked with the wildlife charity Bugle on a project to take action for bees and other pollinators across the city. The project, named Making a B-Line for the North East, is helping to restore wildlife sites and enhance green space. This […]
Northumbria Police will be appearing on a children’s TV programme on CBBC. The TV show, called All Over The Workplace, will air in a 30 minute episode this morning (Tuesday, March 15) at 10.50am. Film crews arrived at force headquarters in Ponteland before Christmas to produce the programme. The series […]