Are students getting an education worth their money which prepares them for the world? | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos
As a result, education increasingly offers a muddle of subjects which bare little relation to requirements of the modern economy and civil life. Hence, we have universities offering more and more places on overly niche courses such as the University of Kent offering a MA degree in Stand-up comedy, the University of Plymouth giving a course on Surf Science and Technology and London Met offering a module titled “Forgetting of Air”.
Reclaiming our environmental imagination | Charlie Goulbourne
Our approach must be simple. To gently encourage children to do what they do without prompt- to explore their small patch of earth with its lonely woods and tranquil brooks, to discover and to cultivate their interior life in mirthful play here and not through the empty world that is on the other side of our phones.
Competency-based learning | Dan Mikhaylov
In sum, one of Britain’s foremost brands and selling points- our cherished system of education- has quietly been hijacked by the neoliberal misconception that people amount to little more than assets, whose value is contingent on how much one invests and which are constantly traded in the labour market.
Contemporary education betrays its classical origins, but it shouldn’t | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos
The word liberal immediately gives a pause to many readers, because of its connotations and associations with a more familiar liberal philosophy. The philosophy, however, was born in the modern era, whereas Liberal Education is a much older concept. But the word comes from the Latin word liber and Liberalis, the former meaning to be free and the latter meaning freedom or a Freedman.
Tackling obesity with healthy lifestyles task force | Alex Brown
The key to making Britain’s children healthier is found in encouraging a positive attitude towards exercise; and ensuring that this is integrated into the school curriculum of our young people.
The failure of boys in education | Alex Brown
For all the hysteria about the dominance of a group that evidence suggests is actually suffering and falling behind, in 2016, women outnumbered men in 112 out of 180 degree subjects; with the biggest deficits being in the social sciences such as teaching. Indeed, government data shows around three quarters of schoolteachers in Britain are women. As Zimbardo has stated, women do not value male attributes and traits. We must be mindful of the unnaturally occurring echo chambers that may be being therefore created.
Book poverty is a deficiency of the working class - but we can change it | Alisha Rose
Class-ingrained cultural habits like this are not something that can be changed overnight, but gradually over time, encouraging children we know to read will change their lives. It’s the best gift you could ever give, to a child or adult… So for the potential of our regions and for our children, let’s get everyone reading.
How a cursory history of British education helps us formulate solutions for the future | Alex Brown
Education is at the heart of Britain’s civic life and culture; we are talking about tomorrow's bricklayers, plumbers and builders, as much as its scientists, doctors, and politicians. Not every child is extraordinarily gifted, and nor should they be, but that doesn’t mean they are any less valued in the country and that less attention should be due to them. My three-point plan is but a brief snapshot of many policy ideas I have in improving British education.
‘A National Union of Apprentices’ is the answer to educational funneling | Alex Brown
So let us offer every young person a meaningful job, a wealth of knowledge and experience. But most importantly, take the emphasis away from university and move the status quo towards a ‘National Union of Apprentices’ so that we are creating generation after generation of hard skills instead of streamlining people into university when they don’t thrive there. If you're going to any join a union, join the NUA.