📮Votes at 16: As the UK moves towards a lower voting age, young people want and need Citizenship education – and specialist teachers – to prepare them for the future. @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social Hans Svennevig writes on the IOE blog blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2025/12/...

"Youth Select Committee inquiry into PSHE in secondary schools" www.parliament.uk/business/new...

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'It is important to separate healthy debate from conspiratorial thinking. Pupils questioning what they learn about politics, history or science is a sign of curiosity and good teaching welcomes that' https://schoolsweek.co.uk/teachers-must-call-pupils-in-not-out-on-conspiracy-theories/

The government will introduce a new national curriculum from 2028, scrap the EBacc league table measure, make citizenship compulsory in primary schools and force all secondaries to offer triple science GCSE https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-curriculum-to-be-introduced-in-2028-as-review-published/

Great to see the curriculum review recommending citizenship in primary and secondary, a focus on young people’s demands - finance, digital and media literacy, climate, equality, and preparing for votes at 16. And all wrapped up in an oracy framework. Exciting times ahead.

The first 2 events of the new @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social have been a huge success. 1.Tackling the far right 2.Challenging neutrality in education. Third in the series can be booked 👇🏽 @markrpriestley.bsky.social will talk about curricular justice. www.eventbrite.com/e/1884591677...

Free open access book! Link in comments. #socialstudies #peaceeducation #socialeducation #globaleducation

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You know, maybe the DfE needs to ask itself the question about why, if the current extremely heavy emphasis on phonics is 'working', they still need to test reading in year 8? 🤷‍♀️

Autistic folks are _heavily_ represented in STEM fields, so it would be far more accurate to say: Autism causes vaccines.

NEW on Wonkhe: Universities run on heritage, tacit understandings and institutional memory. Kurt Barling explains why this means the sector must take control of how AI is designed and deployed buff.ly/bVNqT4B

Great article from Norway on the links between #re #religiouseducation #citizenship and relevant to #pshe teachers in England in #ecsj journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This article is fresh in #ecsj and illustrates why preparing teachers to engage with controversial issues in the classroom remains such a challenge #citizenship #pshe journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Another fascinating #ecsj article on the benefits of journalism education for #citizenship #pshe journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I love it when articles like this pop up in #ecsj that make you think hard about the relationship between the individual young person and the challenges of #citizenship education #pshe journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is a really interesting ECSJ article for those thinking about the connections between citizenship and religious education - makes a strong case for using ‘world views’ to bring coherence to teaching journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I really enjoyed this ECSJ essay on the possibilities of democratic education, especially as it draws on a history of Black American schools that I’d not read about before journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Fascinating insight into the practicalities of peace education in Colombia in this ECSJ article journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great new article in ECSJ on the educational experiences of Syrian refugees in Lebanon - fantastic insights into what families value, especially informal education journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

UK government has announced its intention to lower the voting age to 16 & 17 for General Elections. To fully understand what this means I recommend 👇 by my School of Social & Political Sciences (Uni of Lincoln) colleague Ben Kisby & co-author @citizenlj.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Sadly, I think we've been teaching digital/media literacy all wrong. Instead of focusing on teaching people how to be skeptical and spot manipulation, we should focus on teaching people how these systems work so they can effectively use them to share their messages and promote their values.

Oh! Found this press release for the 2024 edition. It was a joy to work with Diana infosci.arizona.edu/news/humans-...

Citizenship speeds up the economic, educational, political and social integration of immigrants. And yet, several EU countries (e.g. 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇫🇮) have recently made obtaining citizenship more difficult, or plan to do so. Good that the 🇮🇹 referendum on 8/9 June points into a different direction.

📺 The video of my inaugural lecture is now available 👉🏼 www.sps.ed.ac.uk/inaugural-le... We had some laughs and brightness, as well as some heavier/darker moments, as befits a lecture about #democracy in troubled times. Thanks to everyone who made the occasion and the professorship possible 🙏🏼

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social opened the Cambridge Disinformation Summit with a talk about Disordered Discourse. Photo courtesy of @linaandtom.bsky.social with thanks to King's College, Cambridge. Link to full video presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV....

Nurturing civic minds: The place of citizenship education in 2025. Article originally written for @seced.bsky.social. Reposted. @acitizenshipt.bsky.social @citizenlj.bsky.social @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social #citizenship #education #edusky #uked mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/05/15/n...

This looks like an exciting development, look forward to hearing more

Yet again we're blown away. The quantity and quality of entries into the National Awards for Pastoral Care in Education 2025 is through the roof. Thank you to every one of you 👏🏆 #NAPCE #PastoralCare #Education #Schools #Awards #NAPCE25 #Teaching #Teacher

This is a good commentary that might help schools get to grips with the recent ruling and subsequent EHRC guidance

For any #teachers interested in teaching global citizenship education in #TY I will be doing two workshops at Cork Education Support Centre on 29 April and 13 May. Further information on the link below: www.cesc.ie/cpd-courses/...

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Great thanks London Nautical School & resources: @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social @sosukcharity.bsky.social @theesu.bsky.social @citizenlj.bsky.social @hughstarkey.bsky.social @fullfact.org @acitizenshipt.bsky.social @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @uclholocaust.bsky.social

Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk for making the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life a reality in the 2025 research centre competition. I am honoured to direct the Centre @durham-university.bsky.social & with partners York, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, & Duke www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025LRC

We are delighted to invite you to the online launch of a new national Framework for Learning for Sustainability (LfS) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 16:00-17:00 on Tuesday 29th April. Join us to find out more & explore next steps! 🌳📖🤩 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/framework-...

#Proofs of my new book have arrived in my inbox 🥳 - published by #Bloomsbury & available from October. An approach to integrating #Education for #Environmental #Sustainability through #Teacher #Education www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education...

Second year findings from our National Citizenship Education Study reflect that when students get well-supported Citizenship education, they become more informed, engaged & active citizens. Read the research overview: https://ow.ly/MAcZ50Vsfmk #EdChatUK #TeachingCitizenship

'The Quakers in Britain group has condemned the arrest of six @youth-demand.bsky.social supporters by more than 30 police officers.’ @the-independent.com 31st March 2025 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

🕯️Quaker Meeting for Worship🕯️ Upholding our worshipping community & Westminster Friends Outside New Scotland Yard 3 April 12-1pm Anyone who wishes to join us will be most welcome, of all faiths or none (exact location to be posted on Wednesday) @quaker.org.uk @ccanl.bsky.social

📣 Do you want to be involved in shaping thinking around curriculum design in the UK? Apply now to join - or lead - the British Curriculum Forum! Find out more and apply: www.bera.ac.uk/opportunity/... Apply for chair: www.bera.ac.uk/opportunity/...

I’m delighted that my abstract has been accepted for presentation at #BERA2025: School Leadership for the Advancement of Democracy in Turbulent Times: Exploring the Potential of Dislocated Complexity Leadership Theory (DCLT) in Headship Preparation @beranews.bsky.social @uofgheadship.bsky.social