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UCET – the Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers, has published an analysis of DfE support for the continuing professional development of teachers.  The report was developed over a ten-month period building on extensive consultation with over 50 professionals directly involved with CPD provision for teachers in England.  It seeks to highlight the strengths, weaknesses…

Here’s the latest update from Natural England by way of relevant evidence and reports, policy agenda developments, large scale delivery sector initiatives, resources and news items from the UK and abroad, with a focus on schools, education and learning. This supports the Strategic Research Network for People and Nature to develop better coherence and collaboration…

Sophie Roe, writing in The Inkcap Journal has a feature on the botanist Margaret Bradshaw who is 96 years old, “and something of a legend among botanists”. For the last seven decades, she has made an obsessive study of the rare flowers of Teesdale, and there is no one alive today who better understands the…

Here are a few of the COP-related viewpoints from this morning’s The Conversation: COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong Mark Maslin, UCL; Priti Parikh, UCL; Richard Taylor, UCL; Simon Chin-Yee, UCL – The agreed loss and damage fund was a breakthrough in an otherwise inconclusive conference. COP27 flinched on phasing out…

Here are four contrasting newspaper reviews of the ending of COP27. The Times At least the Cop27 climate change conference in Egypt did not end in stalemate and recriminations. After frantic efforts by officials working beyond the deadline and important concessions by the richer countries, a text was agreed that sets up a fund to…

EAUC, together with Mock COP and the University and College Union, has launched a short film showing how the climate crisis is an education crisis and how it already affecting people in both the Global South and Global North. EAUC says that the film encourages education staff and students to work together to call for…

Steve Hurley writes the Explaining Science blog, and we have featured his work irregularly over the years. He has been writing this week about COP 27 (as he did about COP 26). His post begins: “Over the next few weeks much of the world’s media will be focused on Sharm El Sheik in Egypt, where…

Mock COP, the UK Department for Education, British Council and EARTHDAY.ORG are inviting us to their COP27 climate and education event Climate Education Policy Showcase. This will take place on Saturday 12 November, 15:00-16:30 (EET) / 13:00-14:30 (UTC) in the Climate Education Hub, Blue Zone, with speeches from ministers, Mock COP youth campaigners and Dr. Jonathan Dewsbury (Chief Sustainability Officer, DfE). This will showcase how…

The UN Conference of the Parties (COP27) has been in action since 6 November and continues until 18 November. The complexities of climate change require a holistic approach, which UNESCO provides though its longstanding expertise combining science, education, culture, and communication and information. Today, from 4pm-5:30pm (Egypt time) UNESCO will organize a special ministerial session: Youth demand…

Today – November 10th – is Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27. This is a stand alone event this year. There are seven 7 parts to it bringing together policy makers, youth representatives, experts, and advocates. The full programme is here. There’s a Youth-led Climate Forum, Intergenerational Policy Dialogues on Adaptation, Resilience and Loss and Damage, and…

Six of Mock COP’s current Campaign Coordinators and a couple of SOS-UK’s Education Team are attending the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27.  They are co-hosting events, co-organising and co-running the Children and Youth Pavilion, joining panel discussions and engaging policy makers with the Mock COP treaty. Many of these events are available to watch livestream. Here are the events…