A detail about the status quo seems often missed by folk dialoguing on trans issues as they pertain to social policy and education in particular. It's that the 2004 Gender Recognition Act does not conform to theories which dichotomise gender and sex. Following the issue of a Gender Recognition Certificate, the person is entitled to have a new birth certificate issued in the new sex. In effect, the GRC is really a sex recognition certificate.
Adam Rutherford is a more than decent science writer and BBC radio broadcaster. He has a book out on 6 Feb called; "How to argue with a racist". He's previewed it with a piece in The Observer and in this...
Interesting snippet in The Guardian on UCL research which shows that students from poorer backgrounds are much more likely that others to apply to universities and courses which require less than their 6th form achievement. This is 'under-applying' .This is...
Will Brehm's Fresh Ed podcast is super resource. Bath staff have appeared on it a number of times (see last post) and the conversations are always refreshing and thought-provoking. Give it a listen!