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Steve Wright examines the advantages and challenges of international expansion 41 33 INTERNATIONAL Highlights from this year’s GESF in Dubai 38 CATERING News from the independent school catering sector 41 FEATURE | TACKLING THE GENDER IMBALANCE IN STEM Keri Beckingham finds out how schools are engaging female pupils in STEM 46 FINANCE Fundraising and finance news from the sector 52 48 LEGAL COLUMN VWV explores the eective running of investigations 50 FACILITIES Dulwich College restores its most iconic buildings 52 F EATURE | DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS The perfect start for students? Nicky Adams finds out 64 TECHNOLOGY News of schools’ digital successes 67 COMMENT 78 The scientific challenge faced by schools 70 COMMENT Teachers must be part of the mental health solution 72 INTERVIEW Will le Fleming, head of Fulham School, on the major changes ahead for the institution EVENTS 76 PREVIEW | COBIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE COBIS considers the future of international education 78 PREVIEW | HMC SPRING CONFERENCE Shaun Fenton reveals HMC’s spring endeavour @ie-today | ie-today.co.uk | 05 welcome Publisher Dougal Templeton [email protected] Managing editor Paddy Smith [email protected] Editor Jo Golding [email protected] Sub-editor Peter Stillman Reporter James Higgins [email protected] Contributors Lesley Franklin, Hilary Moriarty, Steve Wright, Keri Beckingham, Nicky Adams, Tabitha Cave, Alice Reeve, Kim Renfrew, David Anderson, Tom Lawley, Shaun Fenton Senior designer Jenny Sims [email protected] Page 27 Designer Kirsty Dearman Key account director Fiona Cowan [email protected] Global gain Account manager ith new gures released by ISC Research revealing that there Jason Hewitt [email protected] has been a huge growth in the market for international private schooling in China (see the full news story on page 10), international Commercial director W Craig Daykin matters are very important for independent schools right now. 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ISSN 2398-7995 © 2019 facebook.com/ietoday @IE_Today 06 | ie-today.co.uk | @ie_today REGULARS 08 DIARY GEORGE HERIOT’S | 10 NEWS | 14 TALKING HEADS | 18 OPINION HILARY MORIARTY JUSTIN STANLEY, HYMERS COLLEGE Page 12 @ie-today | ie-today.co.uk | 07 diary How to prepare pupils for life after school Lesley Franklin, principal of George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh, explains the importance of a school’s role in preparing pupils for the next chapter ot only do pupils in S5 and important to life aer school. That’s because – as barriers to graduates’ success, whilst S6 have to contend with entering the workforce for the rst time eight out of ten school leavers are found to the pressure of exams, they can be a real challenge. School leavers and ‘lack essential workplace skills’. The fact must face the potentially graduates face the task of standing out is, many employers feel that young people daunting task of leaving from a crowd of equally inexperienced, simply don’t have the skills necessary to Nthe comfort of the school environment but keen and clever candidates. be eective members of the workforce. to embark on their next chapter. Even if they do manage to pip their Schools have a responsibility to ensure Whether that means going on to study counterparts to the post, young people that pupils develop the so skills necessary at university, pursuing a vocational course can struggle to get on in the world of to navigate the world of work. So skills or entering the world of work, it is our role work if they are not equipped with are not necessarily innate. Just like ‘hard’ as educators to prepare them for this leap. the right skills. Without knowing skills, so skills can actually be taught. While academic excellence and technical how to meet the expectations of their skills are clearly important, it is equally employers and colleagues, even the ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY as important that we help our young most academically strong could stumble That’s why at George Heriot’s School people develop soer life skills including at an early stage in their career. we have introduced programmes and problem-solving, resilience, condence, According to a study by CIMA, two- activities which have been specically teamwork and time management. thirds of businesses cite a lack of ‘so skills’ – designed to encourage the development Such skills are equally, if not more, life skills like resilience and self-management of our students’ so skills. These include 08 | ie-today.co.uk | @ie_today diary RIGHT: Principal Lesley Franklin with pupils at George Heriot’s School work experience and voluntary service Finally, when it comes to the everyday programmes, enterprise challenges, lessons life skills, schools can play a role in to help students identify their strengths Providing pupils with a providing these much-needed tips and and work-ready qualities, challenges that clear path to follow will help advice. Something as simple as teaching encourage teamwork and creativity, and pupils what they can cook in student a focus on punctuality and smartness. when it comes to making big accommodation or how to manage their Over the past few years, we have decisions throughout life nances will go a long way to setting them forged strong relationships with some of up for the challenges that lie ahead.