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Written off: Education and the war against the British working class
Britain is at war with itself, and education is the frontline. Over past decades, the ruling class and the political ...
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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 ...
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My Grandfather, the Tory
My Grandad was a Conservative, not a party member but a loyal voter and a kind of philosophical sympathiser, to ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Station to station
King Charles III, the newly minted (in every sense) king of England, made his first state visit this week, not, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Diving for pearls
With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls. Shipbuilding, Elvis ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...