Sentences with phrase «educational centre of»

As the commercial and educational centre of the Green Kalahari, Upington is much larger than any of the surrounding villages.

Not exact matches

Alaska native heritage center Built by Alaskan natives as an educational and cultural institution, the centre gives a look at the state's variety of Native peoples and their history.

«We're delighted to partner with the RIC Centre on their VentureStart program, as it will complement the work that we are already doing through our educational programs and advisory services,» said Keri Damen, Director of Entrepreneurship Education at MaRS.

To compensate for the lack of a demo trading platform, the EmpireOption broker has availed a comprehensive binary options educational centre for its traders to learn how to trade and effectively use the provided tools and features to their advantage.

She and Stefan launched the Spring of Life centre, now a registered NGO that aims to provide for the practical and educational needs of children at risk.

Though it is not a Catholic institution, many of the leading figures at the centre, including Professor James Arthur, its director, are Catholics and much of its work fits in well with Catholic educational thinking.

In fact, sex education, which is a basic right and duty of parents, must always be carried out under their attentive guidance whether at home or in educational centres chosen and controlled by them...»

In England, the leading center has been in Cambridge, where Jeremy Begbie's project on theology through the arts in the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies has sponsored a range of publications, performances and educational initiatives, and is due to culminate in September 2000 with an arts festival embracing new film, drama, sculpture, music, painting and poetry.

The visit to Ecuador was emotional, educational and inspiring for Galia and here she is with Eduardo Molina Bajania, who runs the main cacao collection centre in the province of Los Rios in Ecuador.

The establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Nutrition will forge partnerships among research and educational institutions, public agencies and the food industry and be at the forefront of consumption trends and drive development of new healthier food solutions.

The IEF has also funded the provision of educational materials, as well as upgrades to the classrooms and surrounding gardens at the Lynedoch Early Learning Centre.

With this acquisition, Scholar's Choice became the largest distributor of educational toys and teaching materials for schools and early childhood centres in Canada.

«Inside a teardrop of glass I've formed a nebula of swirling blue, green and yellow clouds which spiral down into the centre of the pendant» Such a beautiful description, the process involved in Glenn's work is really fascinating, (not to mention educational).

As the Centre Director she oversees the operation of Sylvan in Oakville and ensures the educational integrity of our programs, managing and training our team of tutors.

The network of lecturers aims to promote discussion of best infant feeding educational practice within universities, and supports lecturers to come together and share curricula, best practice, learning outcomes and develop centres of excellence.

The largest randomized trial of a comprehensive early intervention program for low - birth - weight, premature infants (birth to age three), the Infant Health and Development Program, included a home visiting component along with an educational centre - based program.7 At age three, intervention group children had significantly better cognitive and behavioural outcomes and improved parent - child interactions.

There seems to be a critical mass of reformism; a radical centre of educational improvement.

She also said that over N200million have been spent so far to put up the facilities, saying that the centre would soon commence full implementation of educational and skill acquisition programmes.

Addressing students of the Assin Fosu College of Education in the Central Region as part of his campaign tour of the Central Region, Mr Amissah - Arthur assured the students that the Mahama - led administration, with its people - centred policies, would continue to resource the various educational institutions in line with its philosophy of «putting people first.»

The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) is «an independent, UK - registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil - depletion problem.»

He continued, «Aside other phenomenal investment made in the educational and health sectors of our economy, the church again, from its own homegrown resources, has managed to put up the world class Pentecost Convention Centre where this meeting is currently taking place.

The President affirmed that the exemplary leadership provided by the servant of God has resulted in an exponential growth of the church, which directly translates into development of infrastructure, building of educational and health institutions, as well as vocational centres that have created a means of livelihood for many Nigerians.

Universia Students from all disciplines will find on the Spanish portal of Universia information on the educational system in Spain and in Europe, on Spanish universities and courses, university research centres and departments, international study programmes, as well as announcements for jobs and grants.

It is intended to become an educational and research centre maintained by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

Other partners include the U.S. Department of Energy, and educational and training programs at the West African Centre for Crop Improvement in Ghana and Makerere University in Uganda.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding the IOI Centre in the Islamic Republic of Iran will help to promote effective and wise management of ocean and coastal resources, eradicate poverty in coastal areas, organise efficient protection of the marine environment as a common heritage of mankind and facilitate exchange of knowledge and information, enhance the national scientific capabilities and carry out training and educational efforts, focusing its activities on the Persian Gulf area and cooperates with IOI Caspian Sea.

The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre welcomes over 150,000 visitors each year to the famous Cheshire scientific facility, 21,000 of whom are school pupils on educational visits.

, researching neuroscience textbooks, and working on a digital display for a an educational exhibit of my 3D printed brains at a University Visitor's Centre.

Beijing is the political, educational and cultural centre of the country and as such it is rich in historical sites and important government and cultural institutions.

«The DJ Hanly Learning Centre was supposed to represent a bold statement about our real focus, which is on engaging boys in learning but also offering a flexibility that can anticipate and grow with educational change that will happen in the future,» Robyn Harrison, Head of Learning Centre, shares.

Both the campaign and ongoing communication will continue to acknowledge the efforts of all involved in the education of children, while demonstrating MTA's unique points of difference, including 220 - local staff, in - house customer service team and the largest educational resource field force — who visit schools and early childhood centres across Australia and New Zealand every day.

In a two - year study, researchers from the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC) surveyed educators, specialists, students with autism spectrum disorder and their families and carers to build a profile of the educational support needs of students on the spectrum.

Finally, one of the most representative projects is that which is being developed in Guatemala City, aiming to strengthen the Health and Education Policies for adolescents and young people in Preventative Programme related aspects through education in two educational centres in zones 1 and 7 of Guatemala City.

Over the next few months, Teacher will be publishing a series of articles exploring some of the latest research in the area of educational neuroscience, including the work of the Science of Learning Research Centre (http://slrc.org.au/) and the practical implications for teaching and learning.

Service Sound Ltd offers the supply, installation and service of sound equipment for educational centres, community centres and houses of worship.

In a student - centered approach to education one must put the student and their learning needs in the centre of it all, at the basis of all educational initiatives, right?

The course also draws on the British Council's global experience of creating Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy learning centres, where children aged two to six learn English through play, and a series of educational apps.

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is one of the world's leading educational research centres.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Opening the new year debate at Holyrood, Sturgeon promised that educational reform would be placed at the «front and centre» of the SNP's agenda if they win a third term in May's election.

«In Australia, we've adapted that into a full teacher training program, where we help teachers understand how to integrate the curriculum into their classrooms and other ways that educational communities - such as libraries and community centres - can use and partner with educators to create digital making spaces, or some version of a Code Club in their school or library.»

The centre aims to work with educational leaders and teachers to ensure that any integration of ICTs into the teaching program is considered from a learning and outcomes perspective rather than from a teacher - centered perspective.

CPD sources and associations • The National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics (www.ncetm.org.uk) • T3 — teachers teaching teachers to provide professional development for the appropriate use of educational technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science (www.tcubed.org.uk) • The Training and Development Agency CPD database (www.cpdsearch.tda.gov.uk).

Professor Adams is the Director of ACER's Centre for Global Education Monitoring and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne, specialising in psychometrics, educational statistics, large - scale testing and international comparative studies.

The educational team Education for Life participated as facilitators on September 27th and 28th, in the 2nd European Congress on Global Education organized by the North - South Centre of the Council of Europe in Lisbon, where they met parliamentarians, governments, local and regional authorities, civil society organizations and higher education institutions.

Key workers can be a range of different practitioners — in Northamptonshire, several different professionals facilitate the person - centred meetings which establish the desired outcomes and the EHC plan, from educational psychologists, to social workers and voluntary sector key workers.

This year's winner recently became a Centre of Excellence for an educational charity dealing with Personal Finance Education.

Pupils from Moorgate Primary School in Bolton recently took part in a brand new educational workshop with the National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL) at the Moot Courtroom at the University of Bolton.

Hot on the heels of the Centre for Policy's report on the UK's litigious culture curbing educational trips, October will see teachers and adventurers, travel, legal and safety experts congregate at the annual Stretching Horizons» conference to discuss some of the ways schools can enrich education, mitigate risk and raise funds for educational journeys with a view to changing lives.

ACER is one of the world's leading educational research centres.