Uniservity Blog

Life Idea #1 - Students as editors

2013-06-11

We are really pleased to launch Life Ideas with a great submission from St James's CE High School in Bolton where they are engaging students and saving teacher time through the use of student editors.

Life Ideas - sharing good practice

2013-06-03

“Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.” Jim Rohn

We are keen to share some of the fantastic ways that schools are using Life to facilitate learning and communication. One idea from another school or organisation may be just the thing to inspire the development of someone else’s Life site.

Responsible choices: e-safe teaching

2013-05-29

E-safety is a subject that many in schools have strong opinions about. In this blog post we discuss the similarities between e-safety and teaching other aspects of behaviour as well as suggesting ways that online learning enviornments can support this teaching.

I have been involved in quite a few discussions about schools and e-safety recently. It’s often seems to be a subject that many people have strong opinions on; strong opinions that seem to range from favouring locking everything down to those in favour of allowing free access and dealing with issues as they arise.

Spice up your Life!

2013-05-17

Have you had a chance to explore the new options available to customise your learning cells and header menu? These were introduced in the 1.7.0 release earlier in the term and are particularly useful for those of you using Life as your web site.

Find out how the options work in this post.

Testing times - inspiring learners

2013-05-07

Inspirational quotations can help to motivate students throughout the year, but become particularly useful at exam and testing time. We would like to share some of our favourites with you and hope you may find some to share in turn with your students.

Life Whys - Why would you want to use posties?

2013-04-22

Virtual sticky note boards are a popular online resource for use both in and out of the classroom. In this post we share some ideas for using these and the Life sticky notes resources, 'posties'.

Supporting writers through online tools #3 - wonders of the web

2013-04-11

The next post in this series based on my presentation from BETT looks at the benefits of using multimedia within your learning platform in order to support writers in your classroom.

There's also some exciting news about the fantastic Purple Mash from 2simple...

Life Whys - Why would you want to use a blog?

2013-04-03

Although many schools are already making use of the benefits of blogging for their learners and their community, if you are new to the idea you might not readily see where you could start. The concepts of inspiring writers through an online audience and improving parental engagement sound like they would have great potential to most educators, but for many, some specific ideas can make all the difference.

Supporting writers through online tools #2 - the power of multimedia

2013-03-26

The second in this series based on my presentation from BETT looks at the benefits of using multimedia within your learning platform in order to support writers in your classroom.

Inspiring teachers - inspiring learners

2013-03-18

Last month I was lucky enough to be asked to go to Weydon School in Surrey to support their whole staff Life training day. It was an exciting and energising experience so I’d like to share some of the highlights with you. If you are a secondary school looking at organising a whole school training day around developing your online learning then I’d strongly recommend you consider some of the strategies employed by Maria Mason (Curriculum Area Leader, ICT).

World Book Day update

2013-03-11

We had so many activities going on for World Book Day that we wanted to share them all with you. Thank you if you got involved, and if you didn't then there are still some useful resources you can access

#LifeWBconnect - our World Book Day challenge

2013-03-01

To celebrate World Book Day we have set the challenge of creating a 'book trail' on Twitter. We'd love you to be involved whether you are a regular tweeter or have never used Twitter before. Find out all about the challenge and learn how you can get involved.

World Book Day plans

2013-02-20

World Book Day is on 7th March. Find out what we're doing to celebrate here in the UniServity offices

Supporting writers through online tools #1 - Audience and purpose

2013-02-12

There are so many opportunities for improving writing through online tools I thought it would be helpful to bring some of these together in a series of posts. These are based on the presentation that I gave at the BETT Show earlier this year.

UniServity at The BETT Show 2013

2013-02-03

We had a fantastic time at BETT over the past few days, meeting customers old and new, shocasing our new features and introducing new products. Read on to find out what you missed.

Learner Drivers - developing a sustainable strategy

2013-01-15

Learning platforms have gone through a whirlwind of change over the last 5 years with a wealth of new functionality and features being made available to schools but is that enough? We can all be wowed, from time to time by exciting features but what makes the difference is the effectiveness of it and the value it adds to your school’s teaching and learning.

Together we stand - supporting each other through online collaboration

2013-01-11

In our current economic climate Local Authorities are having to make all kinds of reductions to the support many schools have relied on in the past. A significant number of LAs have had to make substantial cutbacks in areas such as curriculum link advisors that used to go in and support teachers and the curriculum. Our schools are seeing online collaboration between their clusters as even more important now as a way to share good practice and support each other in areas of school improvement and across the curriculum.

Are you showing your 'best face'?

2013-01-08

How is your online presence looking? Is it a while since you've had an inspection visit? Will the inspectors get the first impression that really reflects your school?

BETT preparations

2012-12-03

Christmas preparations may be well underway, but here at the UniServity offices we’re looking ahead to January and our preparations for BETT 2013.

UniServity at the Heart of teacher's award

2012-08-06

Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Bolton has been celebrating. Ben Tipton, Leader of Connected Learning and Standards, won the 2012 Pearson Award for Outstanding Use of Technology in Education in the North. The judges said: "His implementation of the school's learning platform has transformed teaching and learning."

The Life Learning Cloud becomes accredited on the DfE and G-Cloud frameworks!

2012-04-24

Our Life Learning Cloud has been accredited on two recent frameworks: the G-Cloud Framework and the DfE Information Management and Learning Services Framework!

Life Learning Cloud takes education at Bexhill High School into 21st century!

2011-12-14

New BSF campus coupled with Life Learning Cloud learning platform takes education at Bexhill High School into the 21st century

Winner of UniServity's Online Learning Awards are featured in Worcester News!

2011-10-19

Hallow Primary School in Worcestershire have been featured in the Worcester News this week

Online Learning Awards 2011 Winners Announced!

2011-09-13

With an overwhelming amount of entries into this years Online Learning Awards, UniServity are delighted to announce this years winners!

Educational Development Consultant

2011-08-05

UniServity is currently looking for an enthusiastic teacher for the position of Educational Development Consultant

The winner of our Life for life competition is announced.

2011-07-04

Congratulations to the winner of our Life for life competition Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Wigan.

Online Learning Awards 2011

2011-07-04

Reminder that entries to the Online Learning Awards are due in by 31st July

Cross school collaboration showing its impact on learning

2011-06-07

Great example of cross-school collaboration impact on learning from Philip Griffin @pilgram #tmtv

Here's an intelligent suggestion

2011-05-17

This week's TES gives its take on UniServity's Life Learning Cloud

Assessed for Success

2011-05-17

Education Executive – ICT Matters looks at how UniServity's Life Learning Cloud helps learners to reflect on their learning and be assessed.

The nominations for the UniServity Online Learning Awards 2011 are now open

2011-05-13

Are you doing exciting things with Online Learning? Or do you know someone else who is?

TeachMeet Thames Valley

2011-05-11

Are you going to TeachMeet Thames Valley on Thursday 26th May? It is a great opportunity for all teachers to share ideas.

Global community of 3 million learners set to benefit from next generation of online learning with the Life Learning Cloud

2011-04-26

Global community of 3 million learners set to benefit from next generation of online learning with the Life Learning Cloud

UniServity is in the leading business publication Business and Industry Today

2011-04-21

UniServity is in the leading business publication Business and Industry Today

UniServity are proud to offer the Life Experience online demonstrations

2011-03-07

UniServity are proud to offer the Life Learning Cloud; the next generation of online learning.

Would you like to find out more about the Life Learning Cloud?

Please click on the link to book yourself in to our online Life Experience demonstrations.

UniServity named 'One to Watch' for 2011

2011-02-07

UniServity have been named as "one to watch" following the launch of the Life at the BETT show 2011. Standing out from over 600 companies, UniServity's innovative new online learning solution; Life, has been celebrated as one of the hottest launches in 2011. Leading the field in online learning technologies, UniServity have already been recognised as unique and high-impact in their space, based on their existing learning platform; with 100% local authority customer retention rates and used by 3+ million learners with over 7.5+million hits per week.

Education puts its own stamp on 'The Big Society'

2011-01-12

The Life Learning Cloud was unveiled at the biggest international exhibition for educational technology, The Bett Show.

Life Launches at BETT 2011

2011-01-11

Join us at BETT 2011 on Stand E125

The most hotly anticipated launch of BETT 2011 will be unveiled on our stand. Life, by UniServity, brings the next generation of online learning to fruition. Find out more at Life. Come along to our Daily nano-presentations at 11am and 3pm to find out more, or ask one of our team for a demonstration. Better still, come to the launch keynote and party on Wednesday at 4pm and talk to the LifeLabs team and the Life Teacher Design Group who have been shaping Life! Catch up on Twitter throughout BETT by following the hashtag #LifeIsAboutLearning

Parental Engagement , the single biggest influencing factor to a child's learning

2011-01-05

Parental Engagement is the single biggest influencing factor to a child's learning. Fact. Find out how the UniServity team are supporting schools to develop Parental Engagement through the UniServity Parental Engagement solution & services product of new website].

Join us at BETT 2011 on Stand E125 to find out more or come along to our Daily nano-presentations at 1pm, or ask any of our team for a demonstration.

Students and Teachers join UniServity at BETT

2011-01-04

Join us at BETT 2011 on Stand E125

Looking for Ideas, Inspiration & Innovation? Wondering how online learning achieves IMPACT? The global UniServity community have a reputation for using The Original Platform to achieve sustainable and significant Impact on Learning. Come and find out how students and teachers are using the cLc (connected learning communities) learning platform. We have staff & students from Gorse Ride Junior School (Wednesday), Weston Village Primary School (Thursday) and Sandbach Secondary School (Friday) on our stand ready to show you what they've been learning about.

Free professional advice for teachers at BETT

2011-01-03

In times of austerity, cuts and budget changes, make sure you're getting the most out of your learning platform! Come along to our stand for a FREE consultancy with one of our sought-after learning technologies training consultants. Find out how to get more from your learning platform and how to ensure that you're getting value for money from your usage.

Join us at BETT 2011 on Stand E125

Want to win an iPad!

2011-01-02

Join us at BETT 2011 on Stand E125

Be part of our on-stand competitions. Register for a FREE trial of The Life Learning Cloud. Meet students & teachers who can share ideas. Network with innovators and inspirational practitioners. Find out what the future of online learning technologies looks like. All in one place - on the UniServity stand at BETT. We're looking forward to seeing you. If you're not able to get to the BETT Show, follow us on twitter - @uniservity