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In an idle moment (and with inadequate data) I have been assessing the UK's performance against the SDG targets – doing this for UKSSD. I used RAG ratings which are "suggestion of performance" against the goal.  These are: Red -...

I see that the BBC is reporting (thanks, NAEE) that the new PISA tests assessing global competences will not be taken in England.  The DfE is, it seems, joining the United States, Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Ireland in deciding not to...

Volkswagen loses its moral compass was the headline of a Times article the other week about the latest scandal to hit the truly awful German car-maker when, as article noted: "... it emerged that VW and other German manufacturers had...

The report on the St George's House consultation on the SDGs contains three sets of challenges, and I wrote about the ones to government the other day.  I was somewhat sceptical as to whether anyone would take any notice. But...

I had an email the other day from UNESCO's representative on Earth. This included a couple of policy briefs that have been developed through the Global Action Programme (GAP).  The email said that these were the key messages: As a means...

As you know from all those posts about the sustainable development goals late last year, there was a St George's House, Windsor, consultation in December on the SDGs and young people.  St George's said: We already know that a number...

I hadn't realised that French school kids did so badly in the PIRLS tests, and that they've been getting worse at it over the last few years. PIRLS * is known as a reading test, but it's much more like a...

This is a brief review of the discussion paper that Susan Brown, from the University of Manchester, has written for Steady State Manchester [SSM], and which I wrote about on Tuesday. We learn from the Introduction to the paper (page 5) that...

This is the second post this week on Bedford 2045 which was first published as part of Huckle J. and Martin A. 2001. Environments in a Changing World (London, Prentice Hall). In Chapter 3 (Sustaining Development) of Higher Education and Sustainable development:...

This is the title of a discussion paper that Susan Brown, from the University of Manchester, has written for Steady State Manchester [SSM]. This is how SSM summarises the paper: Argues that a learning renaissance is required to achieve a Steady State...