October 2023
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Critical Thinking and Climate Change Solutions
Alison Anderson, Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth has written an article for the Academy of Social Sciences on How the education system can help to fight the climate crisis. The article begins: We are living in a...
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Who Regulates Naturalists?
I note much recent discussion about the lack of a regulatory structure for psychotherapists and counsellors (and nutritionists). This got me wondering about naturalists * – this is a reference the press often gives to folk who opine about environmental...
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Learning and Study
When writing about youngsters in schools, there are two lines (schools?) of thought about the term to be used. Is it pupils or students? Students, of course, is le mot juste for FE and HE, and a generation ago it...
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Recycling and Little Minds
The government has clearly gone mad. That's to say it's given in to activist civil servants and let them have their way over recycling (and probably much else besides). Back in 2021, Defra ran a consultation about recycling consistency. It...
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Abstract Aspects like Climate Change
Thanks to the NAEE weekly news round-up for an alert to the forthcoming EAUC (Scotland) ESD webinar which will explore integrating environmental sustainability into HE/FE learning and teaching. EAUC says: “While sustainability is all about the interconnections between the social,...
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Glossary of Terms
Knowing what words really mean is an essential reading aid, especially when it comes to reviews or blurbs. So here's a guide (source unknown but I got it c/o a response to the Bluestocking article on book blurbs. Of course,...
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Climate Change and Social Transformation
The University has a new promotional video showcasing its work is helping to build support and momentum for ambitious climate action. In it, you can find out how Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh is helping to shift behaviour and build support and...
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Tiddles, Rover and Dudley
I’m somewhat of a radical on dogs and cats in that my genuinely progressive policy would reduce their numbers by 20% year on year until only essential working animals remained – a policy that would mean net zero cats of...
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Climate change and education: when the future becomes the present
The other day I attended part of a Bath seminar – Climate change and education: when the future becomes the present – given by Camilo Ruiz who's an Associate Professor in the Science Education Department at Salamanca University. He serves...
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Saying Nothing about Small Beer
I listened to all of Starmer's speech today at the party conference, in part because of my interest in what he'd say about the school curriculum – and in part out of sheer interest. In the end he said nothing...