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Parental leave: what is it for and how do we make it work?
Peter Moss. Leave policies for parents (maternity, paternity and parental leave) are high on today’s policy agenda, not only in higher income countries but around the world. A recent International Labour Organisation (ILO) survey found all bar two countries (Papua…
‘Loss of self’ and the accountability culture: why teachers are leaving the profession at a worrying rate
Jane Perryman. I used to be a teacher and, like so many others, I left the profession. Perhaps this is why I’m so interested in finding out more about the long-standing problem of teacher attrition. Why do so many qualified…
Baseline assessment: will early childhood education be further commercialised?
Guy Roberts-Holmes. Last month the Department for Education (DfE) invited primary schools to volunteer to take part in the national Reception Baseline Assessment 2 (RBA2) test pilot planned for September 2019. If successful, it will be made statutory for all…
Mothers are not to blame for our childhood obesity crisis
Emla Fitzsimons. The number of obese children and teenagers across the world has increased tenfold over the past four decades and it is estimated that about one in four 14-year-olds in the UK is either overweight or obese. It is…
10 years on: why we still need better sex education for the digital world
Jessica Ringrose with Amelia Jenkinson and Sophie Whitehead of Sexplain. Last month new guidance for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education for England was put out for consultation by the Department for Education. This draft statutory guidance is intended…
International School Meals Day: who gets a ‘proper’ dinner, who gets less and who gets nothing?
Rebecca O’Connell, Julia Brannen and Abigail Knight. If we had not included Portuguese young people in our cross national study of Families and Food in Hard Times*, the inadequacies in the free school meal system in England might not have…
‘I don’t want to have to apologise for wanting a career at 60’: staff development for older workers
Domini Bingham. Ageism is a dirty word, stretching across workplaces and society as a whole. Even if in principle equality and diversity are established by the law, the reality can be different, and a number of factors are in play.…
Taking back control of school accountability
IOE events. This month our What if…? debate tackled a reoccurring theme from the series – how we hold schools to account and the impact that has on how schools are run and what they provide for their pupils. This issue…
Exclusion and mental health difficulties: unravelling cause and effect and seeking answers in classroom practice
Amelia Roberts. We are in an ‘exclusions’ crisis.With a rise in exclusions for three years running, we now have 40 children per day being permanently excluded across the UK. There is a clear link between exclusions and subsequent mental health difficulties.…
UCL’s first Arabic MOOC will bring education opportunities to refugees in Lebanon
Eileen Kennedy. English dominates the internet. Most MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are available only in English. UCL has run many MOOCs with English language course providers such as FutureLearn. When you want to reach an Arabic speaking audience, however,…
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