Friendly Fungi – Zara Hussan, who’s 14, and goes to Plashet School in London’s East Ham, has won the 2022 Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) Young Science Writer of the Year award. This competition invites 14 to 16 year olds to submit an 800-word essay and it is supported by BBC News, the Royal Institution and DeepMind. It’s designed to…
DfE Changes – The latest government renewal has led to more changes at the DfE. The new team can be seen here. Some old faces are welcomed back (Nick Gibb, for example) and there are new appointees (Robert Halfon, for example, who used to chair the Commons education select committee). There is a renewed emphasis on skills and talk of…
Ministry Outcomes – The Ministry of Eco Education has published its 1st Year impact report outlining the results of its work with 15 schools. Its Preface written by Dale Vince says: “From schools in Plymouth to Liverpool, our pilot has gone down really well and shown how prioritising the environment has a positive impact on society. Teachers feel more confident about what…
Windsor Wisdom – The first student consultation at St. George’s House Windsor Castle took place recently where students from Stoke-on-Trent and the London borough of Enfield debated the purpose of education, looked to the future and designed their perfect school. This was facilitated by The Inspiration Learning Group. Students presented ideas on schools for the future. Discussion themes included the importance of diversity, accessibility and inclusion, the…
Live at COP 27 – Does your school want to explore global issues during COP27 and be part of the call for collective action? Find out more about the key international frameworks that support action on climate change and explore national and international responses to the conference themes from children and young people, community groups and ministerial bodies. You…
Young Advocates – UNESCO says that young people are a critical population who are leading ESD-related projects, but often do not have the means to access institutional visibility that organizations often can. For this reason, it is launching the Young Advocates 4 ESD Challenge and calling on all young people under 25 years old to share their stories about…
Tracking Changes Report – Teach the Future’s Tracked Changes Curriculum Review is now published and our recent blog posts have covered a number of issues about this important development. We’ll be following them up over the coming weeks. . Education for All – The UN has a new plan for global education which ex-PM Gordon Brown says we must support. The UN says that the recent Transforming…
Tracking Changes – Last Friday, Teach the Future launched its Tracked Changes Curriculum Review. This ‘first-of-its-kind’ report reviews the curriculum for key stages 3 and 4 in the English National Curriculum, covering subjects ranging from History to Art and Design. Using a ‘tracked changes’ methodology the report suggests where and how the national curriculum can be amended to include sustainability and respond…
The End of the Elizabethan Era – To mark the death of the Queen and the end of the second Elizabethan Era we have a published a list of 50 significant events with an environmental or environmental education focus. This looks at the changes that have occurred over her reign and at some of the significant events that have taken…
ESD for 2030 – Based on the lessons learned from the previous Global Action Programme (GAP), UNESCO has developed the ESD for 2030 framework and Roadmap. This is a global framework for the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for the period 2020-2030. To support this global framework, UNESCO, with the support of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT), is launching a new…