From Antidote e-newsletter 24.03.2010 http://www.antidote.org.uk/publications/enews-subscribe.php http://www.antidote.org.uk/index.html In a recent parliamentary debate , Shadow schools minister Nick Gibb expressed the view that ‘the mind is developed by learning and

Social networking gives euro teens a political voice in new British Council sponsored project  Radiowaves is enabling students across Europe the opportunity to connect via its safe, social networking

Private tutors say no to government vetting scheme Eight out of ten say it will do nothing to stop paedophiles accessing children   Thousands of tutors employed by parents to give

New handbooks on home-school relationships and digital participation available from Futurelab Futurelab is preparing to publish the conclusions of its latest research into home-school relationships and digital participation. We

Personal Social Health and Economic Education (PSHE) will not be made compulsory in schools, as parts of the Children, Schools and Family bill were abandoned yesterday. PSHE education

11.04.2010 A new article entitled Consultation on Dedicated Schools Grant: chance to ask Government about funding has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 08.04.2010 A new article entitled Children

The education and skills policies of the main parties £99 plus VAT (10% discount for Friends of the Campaign) 20 April 2010, 11am. London Event Information With the general election called for

This week on TED.com [newsletter=ted.com@mcsv121.net]; on behalf of; This week on TED.com. [newsletter@ted.com] 31.03.2010 Highly recommend the inspirational video from Shukla Bose. Education is more than just a numbers game,

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/citizenship/socio-economic/globalEd.html  There is currently some very interesting papers and resources on the Cisco site looking at Educational Futures. Emergent ideas are very much moving towards the CPE-PEN vision

Some interesting items 1. Academies: a good model for the wrong reasons March 19, 2010 by Matthew Horne http://innovationunit.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/academies-a-good-frame-but-not-a-masterpiece/  2. Learning from the Extremes by Charles Leadbeater and Annika Wong An exciting

inspirEDInspiring innovation in education from Futurelab Issue 6. March 2010 Make the future – a video looking at ideas drawn from research commissioned under the Beyond Current Horizons programme, which considers

LibEd Bulletin http://www.libed.org.uk  With thanks to David Gribble for forwarding this LibEd Bulletin NEW ARTICLES POSTED, JANUARY, 2010 (with apologies for the delay)   THE LYCÉE AUTOGÉRÉ IN PARIS Heike Freire The

eLearning Papers n° 18 http://www.elearningpapers.eu/index.php?page=fix&id=2 New Learning for a New Society When Manuel Castells wrote his book on the Internet Galaxy in 2001 we could already see that knowledge

A fourteen year old student from Southampton has been named as this year’s overall UK winner of BT’s Internet Ranger of the Year.  Jenny Pidgley also won the

Reminder about our forthcoming Learning Exchange. LOUGHBOROUGH LEARNING EXCHANGE 28.03.2010 Venue. Burleigh Community College, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SQ. The Adult Centre (immediate right after entering the gate),  Travel Directions

In the same Guardian paper as previous post more in our network are having substantial mainstream impact. Our friends at School of Everything had good coverage in a piece

The Guardian.Tuesday 9th March 2010. Virtually perfect. Teaching is on a course for an idyll in which people learn at their own pace, in their own time, and

From OpenEye's E-news 11.03.2010... there's much wisdom to found in this The Student's Prayer Don't impose on me what you know, I want to explore the unknown And be the source

12.03.2010 A new article entitled DCSF Research expected to begin on May 12th has been posted on the EO Campaign website, http://www.freedomforchildrentogrow.org/update.php. 08.03.2010 A new article entitled Government runs out of

Futurelab is holding a research insights day featuring findings from Futurelab’s current research, and offering the opportunity to consider the wider implications for education and learning. The day

Shocking illustration of current values, child upbringing and social policies compunded by inappropriate early years education? Ex Curricula Our major new report found that one in ten five year olds

If you need a 'head-up' on where secondary schooling might be leading then perhaps you ought to attend the following... don't forget your headache pills! Learning for the 21st

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has joined forces with the Landscape Institute to run Future Vision 2010 - the annual student award scheme to find bright ideas

John Taylor Gatto does make his points so well! See the following... The Hall of Mirrors by John Taylor Gatto From Life Learning Magazine.http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/ “As the twenty-first century begins its second