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VIRTUAL reality therapy for people suffering from mental health disorders, using AI to manage demand on NHS services, and technology that listens to a child’s cough to assist early diagnoses are among the Essex innovations that have received thousands of pounds of funding from Arise…

RECENTLY, we went up to Roydon Primary Academy to interview their new Headteacher, Jan Figueiredo. We always look forward to interview heads who have just joined the BMAT family. You get a real sense of how they hope to make their mark but also serve…

PASSMORES Academy and Stewards Academy were absolutely delighted to welcome our year 10 and 11 students to our joint Careers Fair on Wednesday 9th October 2024, held at the Harlow Study Centre. It was a highly successful event, and was buzzing from start to finish.…

A NURSERY in Newhall has been praised by Ofsted following a recent inspection. Smiles Montessori is based at Forge Lane in Newhall. The inspection took place in September 2024. The inspection reported: “Children are happy and enjoy their time at the setting. Effective procedures are…

A MEDICAL student at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has won £20k in funding to further develop his medical app that uses artificial intelligence to assist doctors. Medily AI has been designed by 4th-year student Talha Mehmood to improve patient care and streamline clinical decision-making by…

COME and celebrate Earth Science Week at Harlow Museum! Next Saturday, 19th October, from 10am to 1pm At 11am, Essex Rock and Mineral Society will be giving a talk which will delve into the longest history of Essex – the past 500 million years! Learn…

STEWARDS Academy welcomed KS4 parents/ carers and students to a Parents’ Information Evening this week. This was an opportunity to hear about how Stewards supports our young adults through their GCSEs and to prepare for the next steps in their educational journey. Short talks were…

IF you want to know how busy it was at the Stewards Academy Open Evening, then we had to park over at the Great Parndon car park on Abercrombie Way. But that may be a sign of the amount of interest there has been in…

THE Rt Hon Robert Halfon, former Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education for the Department for Education, and former MP for Harlow, has officially started his new role as Chair of Stansted Airport College (STAC) Advisory Group. The STAC Advisory Board was…

IT was a mark of how popular the St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School open evening was by the fact that the assembly hall was packed twenty minutes before the headteacher John Taylor was due to speak. Even before he spoke, every prospective parent had…

WITH 8% (4.4 million) of adults in the UK lacking the necessary essential digital skills for everyday life and 54% of working age adults in the UK missing the digital basics around online safety, productivity and more[1], ACL Essex is supporting Get Online Week to…

ON Sunday the 3rd of November we welcome Stars of Slam wrestling to Hare Street Community Primary School for their first ever show in Harlow. This is going to be an action packed show for all of the family including: *High paced Wrestling action *…

CHILDREN and young people in England with special educational needs, including severe autism, are to be offered NHS eyesight, dental and ear checks in their schools from next year reports the BBC. Students with learning disabilities can struggle to say when they experience problems, meaning…