Education
"Children should understand a modern & diverse Britain they’re growing up in," fellow Tory tells McVey.
Cowell is in an incredibly privileged position – most of us need to invest more in education.
When I first started at Cambridge, I felt there was no place for me. Now, for the first time ever, black prospective students looking to apply will finally be able to see someone like them in one of the university's most respected roles.
Andrew Moffat walked with people from the LGBTQ+ muslim community on Saturday.
It’s National Walk To School Week and we look at some of the most extreme and unusual journeys children around the world embark on to seek an education. From zip lines to rope bridges, these students face perilous commutes each day.
“I know my class will make sure they pay this forward,” Robert Smith told 400 students.
Ferhan Khan knew he wasn’t like other people at school, never having an attraction to the opposite sex but with a traditional Muslim family and section 28 preventing teachers from discussing same sex relationships he had nowhere to find out about himself until university. What happened was a difficult relationship with his faith, which through time, has been rekindled and he now talks about this through advocacy work in schools.
In my work as a teacher, I have begun to see the death of young men in London as an occupational hazard. It’s on the news weekly. How has this become normal?
"Why do educated people like comparing stuff to Hitler?"
Despite being identified as ‘gifted and talented’, my son's only notable progression through primary school was his crippling anxiety – our education system just isn't designed for minds like his and mine.