News
Emily Gee: "Looking back at the young Emily, she wouldn’t believe how much she has achieved!"
Tuesday 3 September 2019
Helen Arkell MBE. 17 August 1920 – 28 August 2019
Monday 2 September 2019
It is with great sadness that the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity announces the passing of their founder and namesake, Helen Arkell, aged 99, on 28 August 2019.
Feed the reading beast
Friday 30 August 2019
Summer break, we are so excited in the first week. We make plans and are full of good intentions, we think, “yes, this is the time to invest, I shall practice marvelous parenting...
Definition of dyslexia
Thursday 29 August 2019
Concept Northern: Workplace Needs Assessor Training Programme
Tuesday 27 August 2019
Last week, I had the pleasure of a little jaunt to Scotland to deliver a Workplace Needs Assessor Training Programme to the team at Concept Northern.
DSA-QAG announces plans to close at end of the year following change to DSA
Wednesday 21 August 2019
Following recent news from Student Loans Company that it will shortly be running a tendering exercise for the supply of DSAs needs assessments for Student Finance England-funded students...
Dyslexics are discriminated against by the current exam system – it’s time to go digital
Monday 19 August 2019
Over 80,000 of the young people collecting GCSE results on Thursday will be dyslexic...
'Being seen to achieve something' - is this view good enough for our children?
Wednesday 14 August 2019
It was once put to me, that even though our son wasn’t particularly achieving a great deal at school, he was at least ‘being seen to achieve something’...