February 2018

As you know from all those posts about the sustainable development goals late last year, there was a St George's House, Windsor, consultation in December on the SDGs and young people.  St George's said: We already know that a number...

I hadn't realised that French school kids did so badly in the PIRLS tests, and that they've been getting worse at it over the last few years. PIRLS * is known as a reading test, but it's much more like a...

This is a brief review of the discussion paper that Susan Brown, from the University of Manchester, has written for Steady State Manchester [SSM], and which I wrote about on Tuesday. We learn from the Introduction to the paper (page 5) that...

This is the second post this week on Bedford 2045 which was first published as part of Huckle J. and Martin A. 2001. Environments in a Changing World (London, Prentice Hall). In Chapter 3 (Sustaining Development) of Higher Education and Sustainable development:...

This is the title of a discussion paper that Susan Brown, from the University of Manchester, has written for Steady State Manchester [SSM]. This is how SSM summarises the paper: Argues that a learning renaissance is required to achieve a Steady State...

There will be a couple (at least) of comments this week on John Huckle's classic text, Bedford 2045.  The first (which deserves to be read without any comment from me), follows. I'd only ask you to have two questions in your...

As I read the Economist's 'The Big Squeeze', I thought back to a recent visit to the Tate and its magnificent exhibition of Soviet poster (and other) art.  The Tate's blurb noted: "After Stalin became leader in 1927, the propaganda...

After about 5 years of tireless effort by NUS and others (but mainly NUS) it was agreed (by HEFCE) that the current national (HE) student survey [*] could include questions on environmental sustainability (which is an increasingly odd phrase).  The...