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CUREE are hiring - excitement, money and the moral high ground!
Posted: June 12, 2017

It has been a busy, exciting few months at CUREE  and we need some more people to help us here in our Coventry HQ. We need a:

  • Research Manager and/or Assistant
  • PA to the Chief Executive and Managing Director.

We are very good at training people (well, we'd be pretty embarrassed if we weren't!) so we are generally much more interested in your potential than your experience. We think we are particularly good at developing people at early career stages (say your first or second job out of university). We don't much care about the discipline (though some

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Last Updated: 20/03/18
CUREE Newsletter March 2012
Posted: May 17, 2012

Philippa’s Blog

Here we are looking forwards to the glories of an English spring and an Easter break. It’s good to have a rhythm to steady us  in the turmoil of so much headline change in the education system. I was reflecting on the scale of the changes at a conference at the weekend as we analysed challenges facing the system and the areas of policy that might be holding us all back. Mathew Taylor from RSA properly (and entertainingly) pointed us towards the challenges

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Last Updated: 20/03/18
Making confident CPD choices through understanding professional learners
Posted: March 8, 2012

This article looks at research evidence about the characteristics of effective professional learning, and the skills of professional learners. It also explains how to make the most of learning opportunities within the school. By developing your own understanding of professional learning and learners, you can become more confident about the choices you have to make with limited resources.

The full article can be accessed here.

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Last Updated: 20/03/18
Pockets of Excellence – Beacon or Blindspot?
Posted: July 12, 2016

To accompany the release of the New Standard for CPD, Philippa Cordingley has produced a special blog which can be found below. Read the the New Standard at www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-for-teachers-professional-development 

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It’s a no brainer isn’t it? A pocket of

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Last Updated: 20/03/18
14 -19 Workforce Support Programme
Posted: November 26, 2009

As part of the 14 -19 workforce support programme, CUREE has worked with a group of SSAT trainers to develop their coaching skills and techniques to embed 14 -19 reforms; meanwhile, a pack of resources, partly drawn from CUREE Effective Mentoring and Coaching packs were developed to enable trainers to deliver their own bespoke training. For more information, click here.

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Last Updated: 20/03/18
School Leadership and Student Outcomes: What Works and Why
Posted: November 25, 2009

This latest Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) is now launched and available in full, or why not look at CUREE's summary for all leaders in schools. Know what you do which has real impact on student learning.

The summary is avaliable here.

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Last Updated: 20/03/18