Features

Communications improve learning and safety

A reliable, fast and discreet system that deliver messages instantly, to the right people, can make all the difference for protecting your premises and the people within, says Call-Systems Technology

Keep clean and improve children’s learning environment

Facilities Management

We find out how health, safety and hygiene can be enhanced by introducing better standards of cleanliness and air quality, and how a cleaning services provider can help achieve this

Printing in the new world

Design and Build

Andrew Brown, public affairs adviser at the British Printing Industries Federation describes how printing companies are evolving to meet the challenges presented by the digital age

Selecting the right surface for your multi-use games area

Sports

There are hundreds of different surfaces available and there are many factors to consider, so how do you know which one to choose? The Sports and Play Construction Association advises

The heat is on – with a low carbon solution

Energy

Heat pumps contribute to a sustainable future in the education sector, according to Tony Bowen, president of the Heat Pump Association, and Terry Seward, HPA secretary

New thinking, new advice and new builds

Design and Build

After interesting discussions and heated debates surrounding hot topics, and an exhibition jam-packed full of free seminars attracting key decision makers, BSEC 2011 closed a success

As the importance of facilities management in education has grown, so has the need for the skills to meet the new challenges, writes Karen Waterlow from Asset Skills, the Sector Skills Council for Facilities Management

What is involved in becoming an Academy?

School Management

The National Association of School Business Management explains the process of converting to academy status, including an potential hurdles to overcome along the way

Fun and planet-friendly ideas

Energy

From gadgets that convert fidgeting energy into electricity to kites attached to generators, the Climate Week Challenge saw many unique and though-provoking ideas to tackle climate change from pupils around the country

Spare a thought for building aftercare

Design and Build

What do you do when you’re handed the key to your shiny, new building but then you realise it suffers from all sorts of operational shortcomings? Cue the Soft Landings approach

Technology to prove who you say you are

Biometrics

Increasingly schools are using biometric technology for a range of activities such as registering pupil attendance, managing library book loans and cashless catering

The proof is in the pudding

Catering

The School Food Trust’s Audits and Inspections toolkit helps schools demonstrate compliance with school food standards, and there are multiple benefits to having the evidence at hand, says Claire Wall, Senior Nutritionist at the School Food Trust

Holding back the water

Transport

James Sherwood-Rogers, chair of the Know Your Flood Risk campaign, discusses the threat of flooding and how schools can use risk management to make sure they are prepared

Borg & Overström

Borg & Overström is a UK manufacturer of premium drinking water solutions. For over 20 years Borg & Overström has developed sustainable, bottle-less, hygienic, drinking water dispensers with the aim to provide exceptional, safe, self-service drinking water into schools, universities, workplaces and communal spaces.

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Consultancy

Holmes & Partners Ltd

Music and Drama

How Modular Staging Systems Can Benefit Your School

How to sort the locker key crisis

Facilities Management