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Description

Jane Samuels, Director of Projects and Operations at the Edge Foundation, manages all aspects of the grant fund programme from reviewing applications through to monitoring and evaluating them. Over the years, Jane has built up an impressive contacts book full of those running interesting projects. Each episode Jane will look at one of Edge's projects, teasing out exclusive insights from the people delivering them, finding out what it takes to deliver a successful project. This podcast aims to inspire those wishing to get an education project up and running or take one to the next level.

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Tea and EDtalk podcast

E3: The Skills Builder Universal Framework

2021/07/07

In our third episode of Tea and EDtalk, Jane talks to Rosa Morgan-Baker from The Skills Builder Partnership. The Skills Builder Partnership received a grant of £90,000 in the 2018/19 Edge Grant Fund for the further development of the Skills Builder approach to Problem Based Learning (PBL), focussing on primary school age children. Building on the success of the Skills Builder Universal Framework, the Skills Builder Partnership received £50,000 from the Post Covid-19 Revival fund to develop a national training platform for teachers.

E2: PBL Goes to University by Newcastle University

2021/06/11

In our second episode of Tea and EDtalk, Jane talks to David Leat, Ulrike Thomas and Alison Whelan from Newcastle University. The university was awarded £77,532 in the 2018/19 Edge Grant Fund for their Project Based Learning (PBL) Goes to University project. PBL goes to University delivers not only a suite of tried and tested PBL projects but also CPD for teachers and an introduction to PBL for PCGE trainee teachers. Find out more about this innovative project and how it is run in episode two of Tea and EDtalk, and head over to the Edge website to read more and access the PBL Guide.

E1: My Hospitality Life by the Edge Hotel School

2020/08/24

In our very first episode of Tea and EDtalk, Jane talks to Andy Boer, Principal of the Edge Hotel School, a hotel school that was founded by the Edge Foundation. The Edge Hotel School was awarded £100,000 by the Edge Foundation to attract youngsters into the hospitality industry addressing a growing skills gap. The hotel school does this through the brand, My Hospitality Life. Find out more about this innovative project and how it is run in episode one of Tea and EDtalk.