Health and safety for science techniciansSL600

Technicians are at the heart of every science department, playing a crucial role in supporting effective practical work. With this comes a role in ensuring that the department is safe.Develop a good foundation for carrying out effective health and safety, to support you in your job, but also to support teachers and...

Core Maths for teachers of scienceSL464

Increase your skills and knowledge of Core Maths and become more confident in your teaching of the qualification. Gain a clear understanding of the Core Maths specification, how it can link to science, and develop strategies to successfully implement Core Maths in your setting.

Beyond A level chemistrySL511

Are you looking for ways to develop your A level chemistry teaching, expand your own understanding and ensure your knowledge is up-to-date? Perhaps you are leading teaching and learning in chemistry and looking to expand the contexts and ideas you already have from your own background in the subject.Explore the next...

Beyond A level physicsSL512

Are you looking for ways to develop your A level physics teaching, expand your own understanding and ensure your knowledge is up-to-date? Perhaps you are leading teaching and learning in physics and looking to expand the contexts and ideas you already have from your own background in the subject.Explore the next steps...

Beyond A level biologySL510

Are you looking for ways to develop your A level biology teaching, expand your own understanding and ensure your knowledge is up-to-date? Perhaps you are leading teaching and learning in biology and looking to expand the contexts and ideas you already have from your own background in the subject.Explore the next steps...

Advanced higher chemistry projectsNS515

This course offers guidance to teachers about how to help their students select and carry out suitable projects with regard to reliability, ease and cost.  It also showcases some new project experiments. 

Health and safety for science departmentsSL253

Science has a generally excellent safety record in schools and colleges, but good, effective health and safety planning is essential. A pragmatic, risk based approach needs to be taken, based on evidence and with the cooperation of all staff and students.This course, aimed at Heads of Department, senior technicians...

Object oriented programming (OOP) in A Level computer scienceCP516

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is an approach to systems development that focuses on objects and the way that they interact. The OOP method of programming (or paradigm) is different to the procedural paradigm, which many programmers start with on their learning journey.During this course you will learn about...

Adaptive teachingNE716

Inthis course, Professor Chris Harrison explains that good teaching is not about individual tuition for 30 students in a class. It’s about making use of good diagnostic assessment and then making a decision about what you need to do over the next few lessons to ensure that all students are challenged in their...

Assessment for learningNE711

“Learners do not always learn what we teach. That is why the most important assessment does not happen at the end of learning, it happens during the learning, when there is still time to do something with what you find out.” - Dylan Wiliam.This self-paced online course will help you ask better questions...

Assessment for learning through practical workNE251

This course will examine key strategies for formative assessment which can be integrated and utilised as part of practical science to evidence the development of students’ inquiry competences and skills. By gathering evidence at the point of learning you can make judgements about what the evidence shows and act...

Curriculum design for secondary school scienceNE209

Discover the key components of a strong secondary school science curriculum.  You will compare different styles of schemes of learning, investigate the evidence base behind different approaches and be able to articulate the choices for your own setting and context. Use your scheme of learning to develop...

Differentiation for learningNE702

Feedback for learningNE714

Marking has been identified as an area of excessive workload for teachers, but feedback is crucial for students to improve their understanding.On this course, you’ll explore evidence-based approaches for using written and oral feedback to support student learning without increasing your workload. You’ll...

Improving teaching through observationNE253

In this short course you will explore how to use informal lesson observations to help improve teaching and learning in a more proactive way and rethink the approach into a more beneficial experience for everyone.