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The UK's 25-year environment plan
There was a meeting last week at Defra about the UK's 25-year environment plan. This was not actually about the plan, or about the environment; rather, it was about that most muddled of ideas, outdoor learning. If we get the "outdoor...
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UNESCO's none-stop shop for education data
Describing itself as a "one-stop shop for education data" which brings together "brings together all available data", UNESCO's Institute for Statistics has launched its eAtlas for Education 2030. Sadly, it's off to a poor start. If you go here, you...
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The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan
I'm off to an Outdoor Learning Workshop tomorrow at DEFRA to hear more about the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan. Here's the ambitious agenda: Overview of the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan Framework and Connecting People with the Environment strand Activity 1: The...
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EAUC misleads the FE sector
I did as I was encouraged to do the other day and looked at the new SORTED resources on sustainability on EAUC's Sustainability Exchange website. Its aimed at the FE sector, and the first thing that you read is this nonsense:...
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Smart shoes
I heard a bloke on BBC Radio 4 say that, in 10 years, you won't be able to buy a pair of shoes that don't have an IP address. Smart in more senses than one, then. I suppose the advantage...
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People and Planet speak to the world
The boys and girls at people 'n' planet have released their 2016 league tables so that everyone can admire their performance – or keep very quiet about it depending where they rest. As before, P&P have created class divisions (how appropriate) with a...
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There's a call from Trump Towers. It's for YOU
The phone rings; it's the Trump Transition Team (TTT, ardently armoured of alliteration) calling. It's an invitation to Trump Towers to make a presentation to the President Elect and the team. They say that their current plan is that, on Day...
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The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country seeks a new Chair
There is now an opportunity for the right individual to join The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country as Chair of Trustees. What's unusual, is that the Trust has made the person spec publicly available. Here it is:...
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The SDGs as a radical curriculum alternative?
This is the presentation I made at the CPRT conference last week in a small group session about global leaning and sustainable development, chaired by Kevin Bailey: The SDGs as a radical curriculum alternative? The sustainable development goals were agreed by...
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More than just Jesuits
I wrote yesterday about Jesuitical tendencies in Liverpool that were on show at the Cambridge Primary Review Trust event last week, but there was more to the conference than that. I liked the way that the whole thing was organised...
