Modern Governor joins a new partnership with Herts for Learning, the largest school company in the UK, to support governance in schools and academies across England....
Details of two new Modern Governor Core Skills modules on leadership development - Becoming an effective leader and Developing your leadership style....
Details of upgrades to the Modern Governor e-learning service meaning the learning modules won't be available for a few days in mid-August....
An overview of Modern Governor's Core Skills e-learning modules covering Communication Skills, aimed to improve school governors' skills in communication....
An introduction to the Core Skills e-learning modules covering Working with others, aimed to develop school governors' soft skills....
Details of Modern Governor's updated School Governors and Social Media online professional development module for school governors & academy trustees....
There are a lot of changes going on at Modern Governor this week - as part of these, the Modern Governor Learning Management System (LMS) will be upgraded....
[caption id="attachment_4678" align="left" width="300"] Learning Pool’s Mary McKenna with some of the Parliament team[/caption] We’re delighted at Learning Pool to announce that we have been awarded a contract by Parliament to provide online training to staff across both Houses. This provision will be extended to Members...
At Learning Pool we’ve developed a brand new training resource, with national charity The Children’s Food Trust, called 'The Learning Network'. In this guest blog, Jon Rayment from The Children's Food Trust outlines some benefits of online training....
We're very excited about #GovernorLive, our first free event for school governors, happening on 25th June 2013 in Birmingham. If you haven't booked already (and if not, why not?!) you can book your place here - but hurry! Here are the fab speakers we've got lined...
Modern Governor is going on tour again this year in October as part of Learning Pool Live. We’re busy putting the finishing touches to the agenda but in the meantime, I can think of three reasons why you should join us at one of these fantastic...
[caption id="attachment_3929" align="alignleft" width="225"] Learning Pool's Mary McKenna and Paper Bag's Gary Gallagher[/caption] Modern Governor is part of Learning Pool, the fast growing e-learning company based in Derry, which has just announced the acquisition of Paper Bag, the mobile apps development agency with offices in Belfast...
Learning Pool is delighted to announce that it has been selected to showcase its technology at the new, multi-sector, networking event ‘Innovate UK’. The joint venture from the Technology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment unites the highly successful Innovate and TechWorld events and...
Donald Clark is a non-Executive Director of Learning Pool, an e-learning thought leader, prolific blogger, proud Scotsman...
Starting Thursday 1st December until Friday 16th December, Learning Pool will be giving at least one gift a day away to members of the Learning Pool community as part of our annual 12 days of Christmas festivities. We’re celebrating how lovely learning can be and giving away a...
Every year, Learning Pool dishes out awards to the people and organisations who've made the most of their Learning Pool e-learning subscription. There are several categories, and this year not only do we have a new category but, for the first time, a Modern Governor nominee! On...
Effective leadership and management in local government should always be a main priority but it is not always an area which is given suitable training and support. Good leadership and management training helps learners understand themselves and the impact they have on others. It’s about...
Many School Governors are not only active participants in their local communities in terms of this role but also through being involved with Local Democracy. Managing both roles can often be difficult in terms of time, but Learning Pool’s re-launched Modern Councillor service should make...