Blog and updates
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30 Sept 2025
Reflections on a Week of CPD: Supporting Teachers Through Change and Challenge
Last week I had the privilege of working with an incredible group of teachers across four days of CPD in Health & Social Care. It was a week of collaboration, challenge, and inspiration—not...
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23 Sept 2025
Podcast Picks for Health & Social Care Educators
Podcasts can be a brilliant way to keep classroom content fresh, while also sparking students’ curiosity with real-world examples. This month, I’ve picked two BBC programmes that offer rich...
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22 Sept 2025
Join us on Socials!
We’re building supportive spaces for both teachers and students of Health & Social Care For Teachers 👍Join our Facebook Group: Health & Social Care Teachers This group is designed...
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19 Sept 2025
In case you missed these freebies this week....
Two more AAQ BTEC National free teaching/learning resources were added to the website this week: Activity Theory and Disengagement Theory Resources for Unit 1 Human Lifespan &...
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18 Sept 2025
What is intersectionality, and how does it relate to health?
When we’re talking about health inequalities or inclusion, it’s important to also have an understanding of intersectionality - a key concept that helps us understand how different people might...
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15 Sept 2025
National Inclusion Week
Today marks the start of National Inclusion Week, a week of action and celebration for inclusion in the workplace, organised by Inclusive Employers. But what is inclusion? What does it mean, why is...
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15 Sept 2025
What is inclusion, and why do we need it?
There are a huge number of keywords around issues like diversity and inclusion, so how do you get your head around what they mean and how they’re all different? As a disabled, neurodivergent and...
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11 Sept 2025
Round-up of AAQ BTEC National Resources NEW this Week!
I hope you have all had a successful first full week back! This week we have released three new sets of free resources, one for each mandatory unit of the AAQ BTEC National Extended Certificate in...
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4 Sept 2025
Topic PowerPoints and interactive games to support your teaching!
To complement our amazing teaching activities for Human Biology & Health, I am now pleased to start providing topic PowerPoints and interactive games to support your teaching of AAQ BTEC...
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2 Sept 2025
Human Biology & Health teaching activities
Over the coming weeks and months we will be releasing various teaching activities and resources to support your delivery of Unit 2 Human Biology & Health of the new AAQ BTEC National. We know...
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29 Aug 2025
Health news from the summer to hook your students
As we all return to the classroom after a much-needed break, you might be looking for some ways to hook your students back into study mode. Here are some health news stories that broke over the...
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29 Aug 2025
Online CPD Courses You Won't Want to Miss!
We've launched two new ondemand, online CPD courses, each packed with advice, support and resources. You can preview enrol on each to assess whether these self-paced CPD training modules are...
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28 Aug 2025
Choosing Complementary AAQs: A Perfect Partnership Between Health & Social Care and Early Childhood Development
This September marks an important milestone as we begin teaching the new raft of Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs). With the recent shift in policy under the Labour government, schools and...
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6 Aug 2025
New products on sale for AAQ BTEC National
Two new products are available in the shop this week to support your teaching and delivery of the AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care. Free samples are available to download so you can...
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25 Jul 2025
Knowledge Organisers for Unit 1 & 2 AAQ BTEC National
For those of you still working hard in the final days of the summer term, we have two fantastic free resources! A full set of Knowledge Organisers for Unit 1 Human Lifespan and Development, and...
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15 Jul 2025
Wall Displays on Studying H&SC Related Degrees at University
This week we have launched our first ever set of wall display posters focusing on studying H&SC related degrees at university! This full colour set can be downloaded for free and covers popular...
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10 Jul 2025
60 Second Topic Videos | Human Biology & Health
A key project for the tutor2 HSC team this year is to build up a library of free topic videos and video explainers. To that end a library of 60 second videos, using the popular YouTube Shorts...
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4 Jul 2025
Human Biology & Health Handouts
To celebrate our very first Essential AAQ CPD course which ran on Monday 30th June, this week I am giving away two great handouts. Understanding Human Biology Terminology Useful Websites &...
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26 Jun 2025
Exam Paper Walkthroughs for Units 1 and 2 of the AAQ
This week's freebies are a little different - two videos that talk teachers and students through the exam papers for the new AAQ BTEC National that students will first sit in summer 2026. This...
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19 Jun 2025
Key Term Glossaries for Units 1 to 3 of the AAQ
This week our free giveaway resources are Key Term Glossaries for the AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care. Each Unit download contains a fully completed glossary, plus a version with key...
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