Welcome to Future Online

The NCSL's Hannah Jones introduces Future - an online treasure-chest of shared experiences for school leaders embarking on capital investment projects.
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Promoting transformative innovation in schools
Promoting transformative innovation in schools

Are "transformation" and "innovation" the most misused words in education? This Futurelab handbook for schools, from Dan Sutch, Tim Rudd, Keri Facer, attempts to show them as achievable processes and explores the question: "Why innovate?". Icons for themes that will be of interest to particular groups of learning, like "digital inclusion" and "informal learning" are marked out with icons.

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Lighting the lamp of learning – the lava lamp that is

In a multibillion-pound school building project, how much attention should be spent on settings - the furniture and equipment? More than you might think – it’s what determines the comfort of your learners. And they have a lot to say about it, as the NCSL has discovered.

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Talking Heads - Sir Bernard Lovell School: Talk before you build
Talking Heads - Sir Bernard Lovell School: Talk before you build

Establishing a dialogue with architects is vital if you want the best possible learning environments in your new school. Principal David Turell explains why.

Engage Me! ...And share me
Engage Me! ...And share me

Robin Hood pupils argue the case for 21st century technology in their learning in a video created by the NCSL BSF/PCP leadership team with pupils and staff at Robin Hood Primary School, Birmingham. It's a presentation designed to be downloaded and shared at school BSF/PCP events.

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