Western, Northern & Southern Europe
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An open letter to Nicky Morgan
A teacher in England writes anonymously to the UK’s new Secretary of State for Education.
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A quick response to Ellie Mae O’Hagan on British nationalism and Welsh language
Yes, we should learn various British languages in schools across Britain, but why stop with Welsh?
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Glasgow University recommendation to stop investing in fossil fuels is an important step into the future
Glasgow has become the first university in the UK to move towards divesting from fossil fuels. This is a major step forward for the UK’s climate movement.
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Gove’s own Operation Trojan Horse: the privatisation of our schools
Yesterday education minister Michael Gove was demoted to the post of chief whip. His covert privatisation of schools across England goes on.
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The ‘women-in-STEM-wash’: diversity in science appropriated for corporate branding
Although female participation in science and engineering has won recent high-profile victories, the appropriation of diversity for corporate branding and neoliberal agendas is creating the gender equivalent of green-washing
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Learning Mobility Scoreboard Report: Member States must try harder
A new report by the Eurydice Network, Towards a Mobility Scoreboard: Conditions for Learning abroad in Europe, highlights unequal opportunities, uneven commitments and a complex range of obstacles to learner mobility across Member States.
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Academies and the neoliberal project: the lessons and costs of the conveyor belt
Having studied one of Britain’s flagship academies it seems that their good results may come at a high social cost – something the media talks far less about…
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Indefinite strike at Lambeth College as the Cinderella sector is squeezed out again
A rolling strike at a London college is part of the defence against a broader attack on a vital but much ignored part of Britain’s education system.
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Putin’s dissertation and the revenge of RuNet
While increasing regulation and manipulation are restricting Russia’s online space, activists are still finding innovative ways to use it to uncover corruption, such as a site uncovering plagiarism among Russian politicians.
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What’s education for, privilege or meritocracy?
A British composer and educator asks whether individual effort can really counter structural privilege in the long run.
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