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When I went to school, the only wall we really learned about was Hadrian's.  It was, we were taught, a barrier to protect the edge of the Roman empire from those outwith it; that is, the bad guys to the...

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all Target 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning...

My local town has gone all anti-plastic.  The mayor had a Damascene moment and discovered all the embodied evil in the stuff and she's vowed to make plastic history.  Good luck I thought.  Like a lot of people, I suspect, I manage...

To mark World Poetry Day, here's Edward Thomas's February Afternoon   Men heard this roar of parleying starlings, saw, A thousand years ago even as now, Black rooks with white gulls following the plough So that the first are last until...

It’s now nearly 60 years since I started at secondary school and it would have been impossible, then, to describe the world we now live in.  I find it just as impossible to anticipate what the world will be like...

It began badly with a trip on Last Great Western's new trainset.  I was not impressed.  I travelled from Bath to Bristol; by Keynsham, my bum ached and by Temple Meads, so did my back.  LGW has taken a cheap...

The Journal of Environmental Education is almost 50 years old, and its history is the history of environmental education more broadly.  It's now looking for a new editor. For almost 30 years, until Environmental Education Research came along in 1995 to...

Somewhat to my surprise, I found myself contributing an article to the UK United Nation's Association [UNA-UK] publication on the SDGs.  Here's what I sent them: Education as the key to everything In 2015, the United Nations resolved: [1] “…...

If you missed the launch of The World We'll leave Behind the other week, never fear, as you can catch up with it here c/o Bath's panopto recording of its seminars. Sadly, you'll just have to visualise the powerpoint, especially...

Here's the letter that Oxfam's Paul Langley [Head of Public Engagement & Education] sent to all the teachers on its maillist: Dear [INSERT NAME] / Colleague You will have seen the devastating reports about Oxfam.  It has been extremely distressing for...