April 2022

The NAEE weekly round up reports new research published by RenewableUK shows the total planned capacity of the UK’s offshore wind projects now stands at 86GW.  It is more than eight times the current operational capacity (around 10.5 GW) and over two and...

The latest from Ronald Rovers is a provocation – deliberately so, of course. He begins: "There are actually only two options (‘scenarios’): Either we go into CO2 lockdown, or we party on until the whole thing collapses…. The latest IPCC...

Here's a comment on the new GCSE from Polish News *.  I swear that I have not made this up; just a feral AI translator in action, I guess. "The brand new pure historical past GCSE is “important” to equipping...

I was at the launch of the DfE's new sustainability and climate change strategy last night at London's NHM.  I stood for 2 hours under the bones of the blue whale honing my canapé-attracting skills.  It's a splendid venue as...

Here's my first reaction to the newly announced DfE strategy on Sustainability and Climate Change that will be launched later today. It is clear that DfE has been storing up the GCSE natural history to be part of the strategy....

The Times reports this morning that the DfE will announce on Thursday that a GCSE in Natural History is to go ahead.  This will take place at the launch of the DfE's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy on Thursday.  The...

Do you have a preferred font for your computer use?  I have two.  One is Gill Sans which I use for emailing.  I've done this for some time now liking its clarity and crispness (for want of a better description).  But should...

In the sixth form (years 12 & 13 in new money) that I went to there was a general studies [GS] programme with an exam at the end.  This was run by the Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board (JMB) –...

You'll recall that PJ O'Rourke died in the New Year.  I've not read much O'Rourke which I feel I ought to rectify given that he was witty, outspoken, insightful and irreverent. Take this from Peace Kills: “America is not a...

The UN says this about SDG4: Education enables upward socioeconomic mobility and is a key to escaping poverty.  Over the past decade, major progress was made towards increasing access to education and school enrollment rates at all levels, particularly for...