In this short piece, Dr Jo Neary of the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) reflects on how schools’ responses to COVID-19 both emphasised existing good practice and challenged schools to reflect on their social responsibility role within the community. In April 2020, over 180 countries implemented school closures in response to the communityContinue reading “What can we learn from COVID-19?”
Tag Archives: Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change
University of Glasgow professor leads global education initiative
/*! elementor – v3.5.4 – 26-01-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)}.elementor-widget-image a img{width:100%}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)} The UNESCO International Bureau of Education has published Reaching Out to All Learners, a set of resource materials that will be used globally to promote inclusion and equity in education. Developed by Professor Mel Ainscow CBE, professor of education at theContinue reading “University of Glasgow professor leads global education initiative”
Review of regional collaboration in education finds many positives
/*! elementor – v3.5.4 – 26-01-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)}.elementor-widget-image a img{width:100%}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)} In December, the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) published a review of Scotland’s Regional Improvement Collaborations (RICs). Scotland’s six RICs were set up in early 2018, bringing together the education departments of local governments in theContinue reading “Review of regional collaboration in education finds many positives”
ICSEI Congress 2022
/*! elementor – v3.5.3 – 18-01-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)}.elementor-widget-image a img{width:100%}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block;width:var(–img-width)} The International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) ran its second virtual congress on 5-6 and 10-11 January 2022, hosted by the ICSEI board (of which Professor Chris Chapman is president) and Norway’s LearnLab. Presentations at the congress addressed collaborationContinue reading “ICSEI Congress 2022”
Work explores impact of climate youth activism programme
/*! elementor – v3.4.8 – 09-12-2021 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The Network for Social and Educational Equity at the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change is working with Young Scot to evaluate the organisation’s Scottish Youth Climate Programme. Young Scot is the national youth information and citizenship charity for 11–26-year-olds in Scotland. TheContinue reading “Work explores impact of climate youth activism programme”
YDance wins prestigious award
/*! elementor – v3.4.8 – 01-12-2021 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Y-Dance, the national dance organisation for children and young people in Scotland, has won a One Dance UK Research in Dance Awards, in recognition of the research work undertaken in the primary education project, Shake It Up. The Network for Social and EducationalContinue reading “YDance wins prestigious award”
NSEE work with Glasgow Science Centre to evaluate centre’s efforts to engage more people in science
This week, the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) team will be at the Green Zone at the COP26 summit as guests of the Glasgow Science Centre (GSC). Senior researchers Kevin Lowden, Stuart Hall and Deja Lusk at the NSEE team and the PK Partnership are working with GSC to evaluate the centre’s effortsContinue reading “NSEE work with Glasgow Science Centre to evaluate centre’s efforts to engage more people in science”
COP26 – A Teacher’s Experience
The Network for Social and Educational Equity and Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland has been working with two schools in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland on a project aimed at ensuring children’s voices on climate change are heard by decision makers at this year’s COP26 summit and beyond. Here, teacher Katie Shearer, who works at St Eunan’s Primary SchoolContinue reading “COP26 – A Teacher’s Experience”
Every Dundee Learner Matters
Every Dundee Learner Matters – A strategy for untapping the potential within schools and communities Dundee City Council has launched a major new strategy to improve the quality of education for all children and young people in the city. It is coordinated by experienced headteachers, with support from the local authority and researchers from theContinue reading “Every Dundee Learner Matters”
AMPLIFYING CHILDREN’S VOICES
Teachers and researchers from the Network for Social and Educational Equity and Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland are working with primary and secondary age children and young people in Chile and Scotland to ensure their voices are heard by decision makers at this year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November. In the build-up to COP26, Children’sContinue reading “AMPLIFYING CHILDREN’S VOICES”