Monday 13 January 2014

Ian Livingstone - skills champion and tomb raider - free school in Hammersmith

UPDATE? Oct 16 2014: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/games-industrys-founding-father-hands-7905609 and BBC again http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29550486

Original story from: Develop Online: http://www.develop-online.net/news/ian-livingstone-opening-free-school-in-london/0187909


'Former Eidos life president Ian Livingstone is opening a new school in London Hammersmith...'

'The educational institution is being set up by The Livingstone Foundation Academies Trust, which has received sponsorship from the Department of Education to open in the area.

Government's new sponsor list from December: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bt-mossbourne-academy-and-the-harris-federation-named-among-sponsors-of-new-academies


Which said: 'Durrington High School is an academy converter in Worthing with a strong track record locally for supporting other schools to improve. It will work with the Livingstone Foundation. The Livingstone Foundation is being set up by the Executive Chairman of Eidos Interactive - developers of the Tomb Raider series - Ian Livingstone, to open free schools and academies that will focus on coding and computer science. Durrington is sponsoring a new academy in Worthing.'


BBC background: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15926871

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