200 years on …

If you are reading this then you will likely be a member of that lucky UK tribe that finds fulfilment from being in the natural world, and a just cause in its protection. Our tribe has a long history, and the wonder is that it doesn’t have more members. But that is what environmental education…

Natural England Update

Here’s a further 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…

Linear Thinking, Exponential Functions, and Steady State Systems – Part 1

Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin who, before his retirement, led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies.  His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by…

More from Natural England

Here’s a further 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…

Is this the Future of Education?

With the appointment of Gillian Keegan as Secretary of State for Education, it is said that the government has signalled its wish to reform 11 to 19 education, and there is talk of a baccalaureate style approach with greater emphasis on work-related learning. The Times ran an Education Commission over the last couple of years…

Golden Thread or Gilded Cage?  

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…

Natural England Update

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…

The COP in The Conservation

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…

COP 27 – some reviews

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…