Author: Sam Lawrence

Educate Awards 2021 shortlist announced!

Educate Awards

It is the moment everyone has been waiting for … the Educate Awards shortlist has been revealed for 2021! After receiving hundreds of entries, over 75 schools and colleges from the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire have been named in this year’s shortlist. The awards showcase the work of schools and colleges… Read more »

Mental health platform comes on board as sponsor

Educate Awards is pleased to announce that Hidden Strength is an associate sponsor of this year’s ceremony.  Hidden Strength is a unique mental health platform for young people that offers meaningful support and advice in a safe, anonymous environment.  The London-based company, which was founded by Linsey Lunny, is available to people aged 13-24 and facilitates a community of like-minded people to anonymously come… Read more »

LCR Careers Hub confirmed as Educate Awards sponsor

A new associate sponsor has come on board for this year’s Educate Awards.  LCR Careers Hub, which is delivered by Growth Platform – the Liverpool City Region Growth Company, will sponsor the Leadership Team of the Year award.  The Hub is part of the Government’s careers strategy implemented nationally to support schools and colleges in delivering a world-class careers education, responsive to individual pupil needs and… Read more »

Adila speaks out on International Women’s Day 

Winstanley College student, Adila Badri, spoke out against gender stereotypes in the workplace on International Women’s Day as part of Wigan Council’s live #ChooseToChallenge debate.   The former Deanery High School pupil, who is 17 and studying maths, biology, English literature and chemistry A-level, was invited to take part in the debate because of her role as Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for Wigan.  … Read more »

SupplyWell achieves recognition as ‘Top 10 National Winner’ 

Liverpool-based Ed-Tech scale-up, SupplyWell has been recognised by tech growth platform, TechNation, as one of the ‘Top 10 Winners’ of the Rising Stars 3.0 competition.  Rising Stars is a competition for innovative, early-stage tech companies. It is designed to showcase the best the country has to offer and provides a platform for businesses from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland… Read more »