In east London, the best jobs aren’t going to local people. A new school aims to solve that.

A Hackney borough secondary school, has recently been the focus of  nationwide and international attention because of a pioneering scheme to educate youths on LGBT awareness, (for the uninitiated, that stands for Lesbian, Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender). Stoke Newington School claims to have virtually eradicated homophobia amongst its students, thanks to its diversity studies, which includes [...]

Little over a month ago, the ‘Hackney Free & Parochial Church of England Secondary School’ opened it’s recently renovated doors to the new term’s intake of pupils. Can it prove the Conservatives folly in ending the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ scheme? Or may it simply reaffirm the belief that the pursuit of Academies, built [...]

“Consistency, Consistency, Consistency!” That was the message given by John Connolly in the Proposition team’s opening speech at the inaugural Legal & Compliance Summer Internship Program Student Debate ‘Increasing voter participation in UK General Elections’ held on Wednesday, 21st July 2010. The event, which was the culmination of a four week internship programme at UBS, [...]

A project for 13 – 24 year olds. Work with professional artists and architects from international art collective Delta Arts and the Geffrye Museum to create a temporary architectural structure inspired by natural habitat systems to be exhibited at the Geffrye Museum. This project is for 13-24 year olds and is being held at the [...]

Hackney Council has ordered the closure of a 260-pupil strictly Orthodox girls’ school in Stamford Hill. The school, Beis Trana in Upper Clapton Road has until August to stop using the play area and to remove play equipment and portacabins. Five years ago, the council refused retrospective planning permission, for the development of the rear [...]

Year six Afro-Caribbean pupils in Hackney are being given computer game consoles to help them do better in maths. Under a new Learning Trust pilot scheme, twelve primary schools will be given Nintendo DS consoles for brain training games under a new Learning Trust pilot scheme. They will be available to take the consoles home [...]