A recent National Governance Association (NGA, 2023a) report suggests that governor workload and lack of time are key contributors to the current crisis in the recruitment and retention of school...
Continue reading blog postIn many classrooms in England, teachers are struggling to prioritise the nurturing of children’s personality, as recommended in Article 29(1a) in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
Continue reading blog postWomen’s underrepresentation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) is a global issue. Among STEM disciplines, engineering can be the one with the largest gender gap but be...
Continue reading blog postThere are days that resonate with a whole nation: for the French, le quatorze juillet is forever Bastille Day, while for Americans, the fourth Thursday in November represents Thanksgiving. In...
Continue reading blog postMental health difficulties in young people have been on the rise for over a decade now. In the past three years, the number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare in England has...
Continue reading blog postPhilosophical issues tend not to occupy a prominent place in books on learning or in accounts of research and knowledge-development. Being concealed in the research and knowledge process, they...
Continue reading blog postThose of us involved in initial teacher education (ITE) inhabit two worlds: one is the world of the school, where teachers and pupils are focused on outcomes that enhance pupils’ lives. ITE...
Continue reading blog postIn this blog post we reflect on the circumstances leading to the tragic death of Headteacher Ruth Perry and consider what the implications for Ofsted are going forward. Following on from...
Continue reading blog postIn this blog post, I reflect on my experiences of providing audio summative feedback to university students at Manchester Metropolitan University, arguing that audio feedback is a form of...
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