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BBC Education News

  • Education 'risk factors' listed
    A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.
  • EMA replacement 'failing young'
    A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate".
  • Contest to boost reading for fun
    The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.
  • Dickens 'beyond' modern children
    Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
  • 'More pupils not toilet trained'
    Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.

Latest News from Optima Training

  • Closing Dates for Holiday Season
    We are closed for the holidays from Thursday 22nd December
    December 2011
  • Associate Trainers Needed
    Due to our continued success in delivering language training for business, we are looking for experienced language trainers to join our growing network of associates.
    November 2011
  • Language of Success
    The third Grove Language Project took place on Friday 4th November at Newark Beacon Innovation Centre.
    November 2011
  • Countdown to Grove Language Project
    There is only one more week to go until our Grove Language Project judging event, which will take place on Friday 4th November. We reveal our final line-up of judges.
    November 2011
  • Optima Finalists at the Newark Business Awards
    Optima Training is a finalist in two of the categories for the Newark Business Awards 2011.
    October 2011
  • Third Grove/Optima Language Project Launched
    Optima Training has launched the third Grove/Optima Language Project supported by the Newark-on-Trent Twinning Association.
    October 2011
  • Are You Getting Your Message Across Overseas?
    Optima Training will be at the International Communications Masterclass 2011 on 23rd September
    September 2011
  • Big Year for Languages
    We are delighted to announce that the Grove School/Optima Language Project is due to launch on Monday 26th September 2011
    September 2011
  • Rea Gill Leaves Optima
    Our Business Administrator, Rea gill, will be leaving Optima Training this week never to return. When she comes back to the office, she will be known as Rea Edwards and will be happily married.
    May 2011
  • Ambassador for Languages
    We are delighted to announce that our Education Director, Jo Small, has been awarded Highly Commended status by the judges from the National Centre for Languages (CILT) 2010-11 Business Language Champions Ambassador Award.
    March 2011