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CONTENTS Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. As you will no doubt be aware, this month marks the return of the Bett Show to London’s ExCel – after two years away, there is understandably a good deal of excitement and interest in the show, and we will of course be there on stand NA42. We’d love to see you, so if you’re attending please make sure to stop by and say hello! To whet your appetite for the show, our


first feature this month looks at the various themes and speakers at the show. Spread across nine theatres, Bett 2022 will host more than 300 inspiring speakers, over 400 exhibitors and will feature 90 plus hours of CPD-accredited content. Visitors are expected from more than 50 different countries. Moving on, this month our feature focus


is on recruitment in the sector. In our first look at the topic, we’re delighted to hear from Emma Hollis, Executive Director of the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT), who looks at the state of Initial Teacher Training and discusses the challenges ahead, while in our second Ollie Parsons, Education Recruitment Specialist at Teacher Booker, discusses supply teacher pay rates and gives some useful pointers on working out your worth to agencies. We also have comment on the topic from Sarah John, Joint Head, UK Higher Education and Joint Managing Partner, UK at Perrett Laver, who looks at the changing landscape for recruitment in the Higher Education sector in 2022 and beyond. Remember, we love to hear from you,


you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email. Enjoy the issue!


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04-06 NEWS Selected stories from the UK education scene this month 08 Q&A With Neal McMahon, Regional Sales Leader UK&I at Avaya 10 Q&A


We speak to Jemma Best, Account Director & Deputy Head of Programme Development at EVERFI UK 12WELLBEING With Mark Solomons, CEO of School Wellbeing Accelerator 13 VIEWS


With author Niomi Clyde Roberts; and Julia Garvey, Deputy Director General at BESA 14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members BlueSky Education and Reading Solutions UK 16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


We hear from Stella Formosa, Headteacher at Chesterton Primary School 18 CONTRIBUTORS With Mair Jones and Kirsty Bertenshaw


19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND With Joanne Gladders and Hannah Rix 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector 26-30 FEATURE: BETT 2022 We mark your card for the biggest EdTech event of the year! 32-33 FEATURE: WELLBEING


With Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health 34-35 FEATURE FOCUS: RECRUITMENT


We hear from Emma Hollis, Executive Director of the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT)


36-37 FEATURE FOCUS: RECRUITMENT


With Ollie Parsons, Education Recruitment Specialist at Teacher Booker


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40-45 COMPUTING & IT RESOURCES 46-49 IN OTHER NEWS 50-IBC RECRUITMENT Selected job opportunities from talentedteacherjobs.co.uk


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