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Ofsted is proposing that the same inspection framework can apply to two-year olds, teenagers, those in FE, and those taking apprenticeships.  This is a ridiculous idea – great for Ofsted though, which is clearly what matters. There is much emphasis in...

I went to the British Museum's Germany through its objects exhibition the other day, and came away underwhelmed.  This was for a number of reasons. Firstly, I was disappointed at how brief it was, and concluded that I was expected to...

I was worrying away last week about the plethora of phrases that begin "global ...".  Global citizenship is a prime example.  Then, what should cross by desktop but this: Dear All, Please find attached an invitation to the next DERC seminar:...

Steve Martin and I have sent this letter to Nicky Morgan.  I do not anticipate a positive response. Dear Secretary of State, Education and Sustainable Development-The UK Government’s Response? UNESCO’s Director-General, the Crown Prince of Japan and Princess Lalla Hasna...

A recent report "Young Voices", from COIN, says research shows current climate engagement strategies are failing to reach young people.  Adam Corner, COIN’s Research Director, said: “Our research suggests that many young people care deeply and passionately about climate change. However, there has...

I can remember much moral panic a few years back amongst education researchers of a particular bent who were worried that students (who were mostly too young to know better) thought that the stratospheric ozone hole was contributing to global warming and...

I've been reading the NUT's new manifesto for education (schools) in England.  It does not take long.  It has also produced one for Wales which I could not bring myself to look at.  The NUT seems to have turned itself into...

I wrote yesterday about the problems of identifying 'sustainability skills'.  I noted that the world is full of people with so-called sustainability skills such as 'critical thinking' but that many such skills are purpose and value-neutral.  It all depends on how they are used in the...

There's a new book around: ‘Schooling for Sustainable Development in Europe’ .  This "... examines the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programs in schools across Europe. It describes and analyses how individual countries and the region as a...

Though it's hardly a Sydney Carton moment, it is a selfless gesture nonetheless.  I have given up a place at the launch of education for sustainable development: guidance for UK higher education providers, so that someone whose need to learn about ESD...