Bill Scott
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Word of the Week
Verbotspartei "A Brahmin caste of sanctimonious puritans who like to ban things for the pure joy of prohibition" Remind you of anyone? Sensitivity readers perhaps? Hanif Kureishi thinks so, saying recently that they get turned on and excited by controlling...
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A renewable question
Given the state we are in, and what we want to achieve, the answer to this question surely ought to be known by everyone who thinks that they are paying attention: What proportion of the UK's total energy usage now...
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Next Steps at the Westminster Forum
Thanks to NAEE's recent news round up for alerting me to a forthcoming Westminster Education Forum policy conference. The focus is: Next steps for green and climate change education in England. Details here. It's the usual formula: [i] a couple of...
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Not quite a manifesto
According to LabourLife, the party has published its not quite a manifesto for the election they hope to win in 2024. It's a prelude, a first draft, long (wish) list, a blueprint. It's full of statements that fall short of...
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Elephants, rhinos and donkeys
I wrote the other day about celebrity and conservation; about dogoodery, the liberal conscience, and the ignorance that sometimes informs it. It took me back to a chapter that Paul Vare and I wrote in our 2018 book: The World...
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Some positive DfE news
Good news from the Free Speech Union this morning. The FSU confirms ... "In a major victory for free speech on campus, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill got over the final hurdle in the House of Lords on...
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Hunting and Conservation No 368
Whenever hunting gets discussed in parliament, rationality tends to be smothered by emotion. Such was again to be seen as the House of Commons passed a bill banning the imports of hunting trophies, against expert advice from conservationists. As The...
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Spectators and ESD
I've got out of the habit of writing about attempts to impose curriculum change on university teachers through the 'introduction' of ESD. When I did, [*] I used to try to argue that reform ought to begin by looking at...
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A cunning plan by the government
I see that the government is proposing that, by 2024, 22% of new car sales in the UK must be zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). Given that it does not make or sell cars, this is a bold move. Bolder...
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Copper Bottom Lined
The world worries about the supply of lithium, or rather, the lack of it, as the metal is so vital to technological innovation. Not to mention all those Rare Earths with funny names: dysprosium, promethium, gadolinium, ytterbium, etc. But what...