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How to wind down to retirement
Though you may be longing for the days when your working life ends and the long, languid days of retirement beckon like a waterfall in a desert, the shock of no longer working can be overwhelming.
Why teaching staff need to treat themselves
Can you remember the last time you treated yourself to something? If you’re racking your brains trying to remember or you already know the answer and it’s never, the summer holidays is the perfect time to think seriously about doing something nice for yourself.
Raffle winners announced!
Many thanks to everyone who entered our Spring Raffle. Thanks to your generous support, an incredible £24,124 was raised! This will go a long way to help education staff in crisis.
Expert panel discuss staff wellbeing
It was standing-room only at our discussion ‘Staff wellbeing and its impact on the recruitment and retention crisis’. The panel, Vic Goddard, Adrian Bethune, Victoria Hewett and Lord Lucas, gave some great insights.
Is retirement all it's cracked up to be?
You may be looking forward to retiring and have all sorts of plans for how you’ll spend it. Yet nothing can quite prepare you for the shock retirement may bring. We look here at steps you can take to try to get emotionally ready for when you leave work for good.
Why teachers leave school
When the job feels like it’s getting too much, thoughts can turn to quitting. However, many teachers have come back from the brink, as Julian Stanley explains.
Sexual harassment in Higher Education
Sexual harassment and misconduct has been highlighted as an issue for the higher education sector and we have been making sure that we are connecting with the people and organisations tackling it, so that we can offer appropriate support.
In defence of the staff room
As working life becomes busier and busier, we must all of us find time for a good natter, which is why the staffroom is still vital to wellbeing says our CEO Julian Stanley.
What happens when you ring our helpline?
Following our report into the increase in teachers ringing our helpline we thought it would be useful to explain what happens when you ring our free and confidential helpline.
How to look after yourself during an Ofsted
It’s always important that you try to take good care of yourself but before and during an Ofsted you need to be extra nice to yourself. Here’s how to survive and even thrive during an Ofsted.
What aspects of teaching can be good for your mental health?
No one ever says teaching is good for your mental health: that would sound a bit ‘pie in the sky’. However, former secondary school teacher Lucy, has now got a clear sense of the aspects of teaching that are good for your mental health.
Exam stress - teachers feel it too!
With so much emphasis on exam stress faced by students and their parents, it’s often forgotten what a truly stressful time this also is for teachers and everyone working in education. So it’s vital you take good care of yourself.