If your child is settling into year 5, as a parent it is time to start thinking about their secondary education.  

If you are considering grammar schools or selective independent schools, your child will most likely need to take an entrance exam in autumn 2023 to be eligible for a place. Known as the 11 plus exam, it is designed to be challenging, identifying pupils whose academic ability places them within the top 25% of their cohort. 

Education program at IMEX Frankfurt this May is centred around helping planners to respond to and navigate their way through change. They are called to be architects of the future, not its victims – architect, writer and philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller describes the need to proactively embrace change, which is fast becoming a core skill in today’s business climate.

The IMEX 2023 Talking Point – Human Nature – provides a steer for education and activity at IMEX Frankfurt, taking place May 23 – 25.

As the cost of living crisis continues, employers must recognise the importance of supporting their employees during these challenging times.

From both a business and human perspective. Financial stress can significantly impact employee wellbeing, job satisfaction, and productivity. As a result, many organisations are taking steps to provide support and alleviate some of the financial concerns faced by their staff. Beyond being morally right to support employees during times of economic hardship, there are also business benefits.

A Wolverhampton school has become the first in the city to achieve Gold UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools status. The award recognises Uplands Junior School's achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond.

UNICEF works with schools in the UK to create safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive.

Scholarships for students from underrepresented backgrounds to study a postgraduate course in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science are to be offered by Birmingham City University (BCU) as part of an £8.1m Office for Students (OfS) initiative.

38 places worth up to £10,000 each for the 2023/2024 academic year will be made available for students from business, finance, law, social sciences, arts and healthcare - to help to address a critical shortage of workers and digital skills in areas outside science, technology engineering, and maths, and strengthen diversity in the UK’s labour force.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) welcomes the UK Government’s updated Green Finance Strategy which importantly now recognises the key and unique role played by UK-based professional bodies.

As the leading charity and chartered professional membership body for those working in wealth management, financial planning and capital markets, the CISI is a co-signatory to the Green Finance Education Charter.