News and Updates

Irony indeed that the country almost ran out of CO2 the other week, just as the demand for gassy beer was rising.  If only there were a simple way of getting the stuff out of the air.  If only ......

I hear there were ecstatic scenes in New York with much whooping 'n' hollering when EAUC's finest presented their SDG Accord to last week's UN Low Level Political Forum (LLPF).  UN spokesperson, Prof Dr Dr Fatima O'Gui-Gbahou, said the following...

I’ve done lots of enjoyable things these last few days, but by far the most fulfilling was blowing bubbles with my granddaughter and Mrs M.  The Chancellor was only with us in spirit but we launched a joyous stream of bubbles in...

Writing about EER's triumphs the other day, reminded me that I've been getting a few emails recently from journals I've never heard of inviting me to join the Board.  This is typical: Dear William Scott, I hope this email finds...

A recent TES carried an article about PISA written by some of my colleagues at Bath.  "meaningless at best; destructive at worst" they said.  It begins like this: “Pisa does not presume to tell countries what they should do. Pisa’s...

No one will miss him unless his successor turns out to be even worse which is entirely possible given the nature of US politics.  I refer to the egregious Scott Pruitt (no relation) now resigned as head of the EPA brought...

I missed the launch of Measuring Up – UKSSD's report into how well the UK is implementing the sustainable development goals.  There's more detail here, and I hope that government will see the report as useful in helping in what it is doing...

The 2017 Journal Citation Reports & Impact Factors have just been released by Clarivate, and it's reported that the Impact Factor of Environmental Education Research  has increased from 1.709 to 2.595 – don't you just love the precision. This means that...

I see that the firm hand of the State has decreed that all French 10 year olds will sing the anthem in public.  All of it, I wonder: Arise, children of the Fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us, tyranny's Bloody standard is...

I see that James Rebanks [note 1] has been hounded [note 2], by the Friends of Rank Grasses [FRG] masquerading as conservationists, off a Govian panel reviewing the future of the national parks. The Times said: "Mr Rebanks said that...