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As teaching plays an ever-larger role in UK universities, are those who dedicate their careers to education being fairly recognised and valued? As debates over the future of higher education...
Continue reading blog postWhat if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, student...
Continue reading blog postWhat if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, student...
In this blog post, two headteachers share their experiences of building thriving school libraries which nurture students’ wellbeing and love of reading. The effectiveness of school libraries is...
Continue reading blog postThe school library is undergoing a profound and necessary evolution. The words of Ranganathan (1892–1972, considered to be the ‘father of library science’) remain true to this day: ‘The...
Continue reading blog postNorthern Ireland is a post-conflict society, yet it remains deeply divided. The school system is a complex network with sensitive and contested policy issues, and up to 94 per cent of pupils...
Continue reading blog postIntroduction Across the globe, women’s representation in higher education leadership has increased, yet in many contexts, including Pakistan, the top roles remain elusive. This gap is not only...
Continue reading blog postThere is a wide and weathered narrative about rural life, one that paints its characters in thick, earthy strokes: resilient, self-reliant and stoic. What is often curiously missing in these...
Continue reading blog postRetention among teachers in England’s primary schools is becoming a serious problem. Against the backdrop of increasing worries about workload and staff morale, there has been a high number of...
Continue reading blog postThis ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...
Continue reading blog postThis ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...
Introduction I write this blog post following deep reflection on 40 years of teaching – 20 of which were as headteacher within three very different schools. In my final years of headship, I...
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