News and Updates

Last week, The Scotsman carried a story that the Labour party north of the Wall has changed its mind about universal free higher education. The paper reported: Shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran attacked the First Minister’s stance on higher education...

65 billion tonnes is an impressive amount in any context.  It probably even exceeds the amount of caviar that bankers get through in a year (Sorry, bankers everywhere, but this seems to be Be Mean month.  I'll get over it)....

The new publication from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (with McKinsey) got an airing in Davos at the WEF ahead of its launch today, and was reported on the BBC. It's a credit to the interviewer that he got to the...

Let me add my welcome to Judy Braus as the new Executive Director of the North American Association of Environmental Education [ NAAEE ].  Judy took up her post in December after senior roles at Audubon and WWF (the wildlife,...

Rather belatedly, I discover that Thursday – 26th January – was the World Day of Environmental Education.  I'm grateful to Learn from Nature, for pointing this out.  It seems that this has its origin in 1972 with the Declaration of...

This week's Economist carried a sad tale of a decade of scholastic stagnation in Wales following the teacher unions' (entirely selfless) success in persuading a credulous government that it was in young people's interests that national league tables of schools...

In a recent posting, I commented that the expert group's proposal to government that an aim of the revised curriculum ought to be to ... Promote understanding of sustainability in the stewardship of resources locally, nationally and globally was a pertinent phrasing...

The BBC reported on saturday that the Occupy movement is looking to extend its activities to outreach; that is to the wider community including schools.  The BBC reports: The protest group says the point of its occupation is to reclaim "the space...

I'll be surprised if DfE were to turn down the recommendations of the expert group that D&T / ICT / Citizenship should become an aspect of the Basic Curriculum in English schools as opposed to the heavily prescribed National Curriculum....

In the last post, I referred to (and welcomed) the Expert Panel's recommendations to government about revisions to the English national curriculum.  This posting builds on that by setting out those aspects of the review document that relate to sustainability....