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Recent research on climate change education in England indicates an absence of policy and pro-environmental ambition, and obstruction in relation to both environmental sustainability in general,...
Continue reading blog postThis blog post discusses how some families and supporters pay considerably more than others to attend UK graduation ceremonies. This much we already know: higher education is costly. According to...
Continue reading blog postWhen it comes to identifying whether a child has dyslexic tendencies, parents/guardians and teachers can experience a combination of feelings about whether this is for the best. The principal...
Continue reading blog postBefore the Covid-19 pandemic, over 4.2 million children in Britain were living in relative poverty. Since then, this figure has increased by 200,000 (McNeil et al., 2020). Rising levels of food...
Continue reading blog postThe lack of black and minority ethnic (BAME) teachers and headteachers in English schools is a growing concern facing policymakers in England. In a recent conference of school leaders, Nadhim...
Continue reading blog postAgainst the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, student rent strikes took place in many universities in England. Lockdowns and moves to online learning meant that students were at times required to...
Continue reading blog postThe problems of loneliness and isolation are often raised in academia. How can we understand loneliness and respond to it within the academic community of our time? I suggest that the ideology of...
Continue reading blog postThe Athena Swan charter was established in 2005 to advance the careers of female academics in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM). Yet it now discourages academic...
Continue reading blog postLabour economists have long been interested in investigating how wages affect worker productivity. Specifically, does paying a worker a higher wage make them work harder, or more productively, in...
Continue reading blog postThe issue of ‘violence-based inequality’ is a philosophical one that translates into more practical issues. In using this term, I borrow from Judith Butler’s The Force of Non-Violence (2020)...
Continue reading blog postOnline learning provides a platform for collaboration where learners can share resources and learning outcomes (Kelsey & Taylor-Beswick, 2016; Stoll et al., 2006; Scott, 2018). However, prisoners...
Continue reading blog postThe challenge of educating student teachers in taking an anti-racist stance is a constant one. Despite the current worldwide focus on race inequalities, there is always the danger of erasing these...
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