Surviving school: Some (personal) thoughts on teachers and teaching
The funny thing about writing about the English education system is that it never really changes. Most of the things ...
My Grandfather, the Tory
My Grandad was a Conservative, not a party member but a loyal voter and a kind of philosophical sympathiser, to ...
Prison state Britain
Rishi Sunak’s clumsy, bad-faith attempt to evade scrutiny of a budgetary decision that would make his already staggeringly wealthy family ...
Coercion in the classroom: Why school uniforms are bad for us
One of the peculiarities of British cultural life is our willingness to support rules and conventions with arguments that have ...
Future of literacy: diverse and complex – Elm
What comes to your mind when someone mentions the word literacy? Literacy means, of course, the ability to read and ...
Data literacy helps in the recognition of warning signals – Elm
First it was about simple e-mail writing or research on the internet, then it was said that we should learn ...
Climate literacy key to help Africa unlock Loss and Damage Fund – Elm
Tinashe Kubara inspecting his irrigated maize crop. "The days of rain-fed agriculture are long gone,” he says. Photo: Cyril Zenda ...
Millions of Indian women still struggling to read – Elm
Mamta is learning about basic hygiene and nutrition at her local school. Photo: Pia Heikkilä Mamta is holding a piece ...
Illiteracy – a forgotten problem in Europe? – Elm
In the era of online schools, AI and remote working, it is easy to think that illiteracy is a long ...
Fact-checking recipe for chocolate chip cookies – Elm
Some weeks ago, I had the chance to organise an AI workshop for a group of 12-year-old school kids in ...
Fact-checkers and journalists fighting against disinformation – Elm
Klodiana Kapo, Albania “In journalism, fact-checking and media literacy go hand in hand. The most effective way to approach media ...
International Conference – “Inclusion in action: a holistic approach to inclusion in schools” – 17 May 23 – Brussels – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
LLLP, the British Council, Interactive UK, CESIE, ESHA, and the University of Granada invite policymakers, practitioners, teachers, school leaders, and civil society representatives for ...
Event – Skills for measuring the social impact of civil society organisations – 13 June – Brussels – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
Events News - 26th April 2023 LLLP is involved in the Devisus project in which it supports the communication ...
LEARNING MOBILITY FOR ALL: A LIFELONG LEARNING APPROACH TO TARGETS, PROCESS AND MONITORING – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
Learning mobility for all News - 26th April 2023 Member States have been working on common priorities in education and ...
Station to station
King Charles III, the newly minted (in every sense) king of England, made his first state visit this week, not, ...
Register for the Lifelong Learning Lab 2023 – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
Annual conferences News - 27th March 2023 The 2023 edition of the Lifelong Learning Lab is here! It is a pleasure ...
European Conference: Inter-regional cooperation for better lifelong learning policies – 10 May – Brussels & Online – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
The Lifelong Learning Platform, with the support of COMORELP project partners, is happy to invite you to the project’s ...
LLLP announces its 2023 General Assembly – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
Annual conferences News - 27th March 2023 For 2023, LLLP’s General Assembly will take place on Tuesday 27 June and ...
Diving for pearls
With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls. Shipbuilding, Elvis ...
Everything is shit and there’s nothing anyone can do about it
It’s funny and disconcerting, watching the news; an odd and disorienting amalgam of the partially true and the wholly made ...
Skills, lifelong learning and democracy workshop during the EESC Civil Society Days 2023 – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
The EESC Civil Society Days 2023 featured three days of debates and exchanges around the link between civil society organisations ...
ALL DIGITAL launches the ALL DIGITAL Weeks 2023 campaign: Enhance your digital skills! – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
Brussels, 21 February 2023 – For the 14th year in a row, in 2023, ALL DIGITAL, the European association representing networks ...
Joint Policy Brief – “Investing in our Future: Seven EU economic governance reforms” – Lifelong Learning Platform | LLLP
From the network News - 27th February 2023 Finance Watch co-published a civil society briefing on how to ensure a ...
Adult education in a cold climate
I have been reading Darren McGarvey’s book Poverty Safari and was much struck by his description of a prison education ...
Depleted Britain: Class, inequality and ownership
Britain’s grouse moors have been ablaze this week. Every year, between 1 October and 15 April, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ...
