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Students experience both artistic and personal breakthroughs at Nord Anglia’s newly expanded Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard programme

Focussing on play during a child’s early years education is a motivational approach that enables them to achieve greater academic success, develop lifelong skills and a positive attitude to learning.

Learning has shifted from solving a problem with a single, definitive answer to identifying problems in a given situation and offering multiple, possible solutions, Nord Anglia Education, Education Director Andy Puttock says.

Where you go is not who’ll you’ll be, were comments that sparked debate recently in the media and got many of us thinking, does that statement ring true for the university you choose? Windermere Preparatory School’s International Student Advisor Ruth Lahnston, Counselor Nancy Gerena and British International School Chicago, South Loop’s Director of Counseling Lindsay Kafitz say students should choose a university that is the best fit for them.

When I was younger I was taught to be cautious, but I was also taught a zest for inquiry that developed a lifelong love of learning and the confidence to manage risk. Risk taking in education promotes innovation, it encourages students to develop a growth mindset, exploring the benefits of taking risks develops resilience, self confidence, and independence.

Promoting curiosity and exploration is crucial to help achieve more effective problem solving. Schools can play a part in developing these qualities in young people through inquiry-based learning

Challenging situations can provide an opportunity for us to change and grow, David Wall, head of Nord Anglia Education’s global expedition programme, says

Attending boarding school is no longer about convenience for expats living abroad, rather educators believe students develop important life skills, setting them up for success in the future.

Teamwork and collaboration are key skills that students must develop to thrive in the future

Education technology is bridging the gap between theory and practice by providing students more engaging, personalised learning experiences, teachers are finding. Increasing and integrating the use of mobile devices at schools can engage students at a deeper level with what they’re learning, San Roberto International School’s IT Director Arturo Dares says.

Alumni artists from The Juilliard School frequently visit our schools around the world, transforming the connection students have to the performing arts.

International education has evolved and so too must schools

Employers want schools to equip students with complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills from a young age to better prepare them for work in the future

Jefta Timmer was only 10 years old when she moved from her home in the Netherlands to India with her family. While she knew she would be leaving behind her old home, her childhood friends and her favourite foods, she had no idea that she would also be leaving behind her old perspective of the world forever

STEAM learning empowers students to become creative by exposing them to situations without parameters, challenging them to both identify problems and invent solutions.

Playing competitive sports can teach students many positive social behaviours and life skills, but above all they realise that true competition is about working on themselves

David Wall says the consumption of tailored information through mobile devices has created a widening gap between how our students learn about the world and how they actually experience it.

It’s game on at our America schools as students get ready to compete in this year’s Global Games

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools inspire confident, creative global citizens who have a thirst for knowledge and a vision to change the world for the better. We also believe that students with a global worldview will have competitive advantages in our increasingly interconnected world. Our education offer provides unique learning opportunities to enable our students to become truly globally-minded and globally-active citizens.

In modern society, as with any societal change in history, creativity and invention is ubiquitous. As a global society our students are not expected to work in passive, rote, unconnected environments. In the unknown dynamic, interconnected, creative world of tomorrow companies are often looking for creative skills, capacity, and personal agency within their employees.