LabNotes

The BusinessLab team has reached a milestone on it's AdvantageNewcastle project, a unique step change programme for Newcastle and the North East that began a year ago. The project aimed to identify the economic and business opportunities for the region created by...
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BusinessLab has recently completed the development of the online version of their Signature management tools.  Onine deployment of the Signature is already being used in the corporate sector, now the tablet version will shortly be available for partners working in the education...
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In May a group of BusinessLab partners and associates came together for a dinner in Aberdeen to discuss the changes facing their organisations and sectors.All of the guests had been responsible for leading their organisation through a period of change and wanted...
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In February, Gregor Rae, Chairman and CEO of BusinessLab, gave an inaugural lecture to the International MBA student cohort at the University of Aberdeen. "The Art of the Pitch" is the first of two modules intended to help students improve...
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The future is in Newcastle

Technology Watch website lauds the Microsoft Corporation - ActiveAge presentation at the Gerontological Society of America's annual conference in New Orleans, and cites Newcastle upon Tyne as 'the future' in terms of ageing.

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Supporting Families in Hull

The Family Learning Signature has been supporting Schools in Hull for 5 years, working in particular with Headteacher Kevin Beaton from Sydney Smith School who has pioneered the deployment of the Signature in Hull.

The team at Sydney Smith School have extensive experience in deploying the Signature and are now working with their feeder primary Schools to ensure that support for every family with children in transition from primary to secondary school is tailored as a result of its unique Family Learning Signature.

As a result of the success of this model, the Family Learning Signature is now being rolled out citywide to include a range of other High Schools and the primaries they support.  Part of this growth will involve the development of a bespoke family learning curriculum, using Signature data to identify key challenges and appropriate support for Hull families on a wider basis.