November 2012

  • ESD, without the label

    In his con brio deliberative chapter (with Ken Webster) in Learning for Sustainability, Paul Vare writes ... "ESD, if we remove the label, is education that addresses the inter-relatedness of social justice, ecological integrity and economic viability.  We may focus...

  • An end to curriculum

    Last  Friday the BBC reported on a leaked government paper about the revisions to the curriculum in England.  The BBC begins ... A draft copy of the new secondary curriculum for England, leaked to the Times Educational Supplement (TES), has drawn...

  • Effect of fasting versus feeding on the bone metabolic response to running

    I know!  But when your offspring has a paper featured on the Issue Highlights page of the eponymous journal, Bone, then an urge to celebrate the fact is hard to resist. Here's the Abstract Individuals often perform exercise in the...

  • Put out yet more (green) flags

    I am told that "almost all schools in Scotland are now registered with the government-supported Eco Schools scheme, with nearly 50% having achieved a ‘Green Flag'".  The clue here, I suspect, is "government-sponsored", with school leaders carefully reading between the...

  • This report will scare the wits out of everyone

    Well; up to a point, Lord Copper. So says Yvo de Boer of the UN's next climate change report.  UNDPWatch says ... THE next United Nations climate report will ''scare the wits out of everyone'' and should provide the impetus...

  • A week in Japan, all carbon paid

    UNESCO has announced its 2014 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: Learning Today for a Sustainable Future. There are Stakeholder Meetings in Okayama from 4 to 8 November 2014, with the conference proper in Aichi-Nagoya from 10 to 12 November.  UN...

  • More lunch than launch

    To parliament the other day, for the launch (over a good lunch) of a report by the Aldersgate Group, who say they are “leaders for a sustainable economy”.  The report is: Skills for a New Economy: a paradigm shift in education...

  • Ensuring future economic success – up to a point

    To parliament the other day, for the launch of a report by the Aldersgate Group, who say they are “leaders for a sustainable economy”.  The report is: Skills for a New Economy: a paradigm shift in education and learning to...

  • QAA improves its text – just a bit

    Earlier this year, QAA consulted on a draft Quality Code for HE in the UK.  In commenting on this, I was rather critical, but in good company as EAUC pitched in as well.  Having "listened", QAA has released a revised code...