July 2016
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Clipping DfID's wings
Not that Justine Greening is the new education secretary of state, will she tolerate DfID's running its own rival schools programme, or will she want to draw it into the hugely-expanded DfE house, and use this to facilitate much-needed curriculum reform?...
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Corks popping at Think Global
I expect that the sparking water is flowing freely today at Think Global, ~TIDE global learning, the DECs, and everywhere west of Suez wherever global learning, development education, etc, is promoted. Why? Because Justine Greening is the new Education Secretary...
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Education now from cradle to middle age
I see that the Department for Education is now to get (back) FE, HE, skills and apprenticeships within its purview. They have been within BIS (Business, innovation and skills) for so long that I cannot recall, off hand, when they...
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People, Politics, Planet – Any Questions?
The Society for the Environment is organising an Any Questions forum about People, Politics, Planet on July 21st. The blurb says: Britain in a changing Europe. Join us for the first post-referendum public debate on the future of environmental policy in the...
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couches.paths.vague
This is the address of one of the entrances to Paddington station in London using What3Words, a geolocation system that is accurate to within 9 square metres, anywhere on earth. Given the precision that's available through W3W, the station entrance has...
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It's time for another University Alliance for Sustainability
Another day; another "University Alliance for Sustainability". I received this blurb the other day: Freie Universität Berlin, together with its four strategic partners, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of British Columbia, St. Petersburg State University, and Peking University, will...
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The State of the Art – 2
As I noted the other day, EAUC, NUS, UCU, CDN & AoC have launched their survey on perceptions of sustainability in the sector. You can access it here and it should be complete by 31st July What I didn't say is that there's...
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No need to panic if you've not heard of ESD – it's official
SEEd would like us to complete a survey about ESD in the UK whether we've heard about it or not. In the latter case, don't panic, SEEd says. Phew! All this is being carried out by a student from the University of Leeds...
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The State of the sector – 1
The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), National Union of Students (NUS), University and College Union (UCU), the College Development Network (CDN), the Association of Colleges (AoC) and who knows what, have joined together and launched another survey on...
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How to measure a progressive society
The Economist has a lively graphic showing the relationship between country GDP per person and the 'social progress index'. It's comments begin: "It has long been said that economic output is too narrow a gauge by which to measure the progress...