New Publications

I was disappointed to see EER's going ahead with a special issue devoted to how terrible neo-liberals are.  After much editorial board tooing and froing about the pros (not many, I felt) and cons (too many to list) of the...

The latest policy brief  [No. 9] from the UK National Commission for Unesco was published yesterday on the UKNC's website.   The introduction says: This policy brief provides an account of the current status of ESD across the UK.  It draws...

I wrote recently about the QAA's foray into higher education professional development with its new resource on enterprise. When I actually read the draft text, my first reaction was to wonder why QAA was doing this and not the Higher...

English Heritage is currently building a new visitor centre at Stonehenge (with civilised toilets; thanks be to the druids).  It is due to open later this year.  Outside the main exhibition centre there will be an external gallery featuring some...

One of the characteristics of the HEA's SHED SHARE mailbase is that hardly anyone uses it for discussion.  Most often it's used for self-promotion or just to announce stuff, and discussion rarely gets beyond three contributions.  I understand from those...

This is how the draft national curriculum specification for geography begins: A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives....

I've been reading the green learning blog, a new output from the education, schools and families team at the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.  For a Trustee, with a particular interest in environmental learning, this kind of communication is a great way...

The Quality Assurance Agency [QAA] has a new resource out for consultation: Enterprise and entrepreneurship education: guidance for UK higher education providers. QAA says that this ... "has been developed by representatives drawn from, and acting on behalf of, the enterprise...

I wrote recently about Mark Lynas's Damascene conversion to GM.  Here he is again, testing out his position against the views of an eminent US scientist, Nina Fedoroff.  Oh that we all did the equivalent of that! And here, for...

The draft national curriculum proposals for design technology has this to say in relation to food (growing / cooking / eating): In Key Stages 1 to 3 pupils should be taught progressively more demanding practical knowledge, skills and crafts, working...