This post is available to download as a PDF here, and as an audiofile below: As pandemic restrictions are lifted in England and schools and work life begin to return to more of a pre-pandemic state it seems pertinent…
This post is available as a PDF here, and an audio recording below: Nan Shepherd, best known for her novel The Living Mountain, was a Scottish novelist and poet who wrote about her personal experience of walking…
*** This is the second post in a PESGB Blog series focussed on educational assessment and the UK Government’s handling of England’s 2020 national exams (GCSEs and A Levels) in the wake of Covid-19. *** The grades calculated in…
*** This is the first post in a PESGB Blog series focussed on educational assessment and the UK Government’s handling of England’s 2020 national exams (GCSEs and A Levels) in the wake of Covid-19. *** In 2020,…
A recent observation piece by Luke Sibieta of the IFS sets out to assess the potential economic harm of the recent restrictions to face-to-face teaching. Sibieta argues that the perceived loss of learning, unless dealt with, will have long-term…
The future of education is uncertain. Some commentators suggest technological advancement will do away with the need for teachers – or at least that, in the near future, teachers will not be nearly as necessary as they are today.…