Futurelab Research Insights Day

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 will feature a mixture of presentations and sessions on the  following themes: […]

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DEMOS report: Ex Curricula

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

What Students say about Flexible Learning Centres in South East Queensland

What Students say about Flexible Learning Centres in South East Queensland... the overall schooling experience for young people from all backgrounds in Queensland. ... education "flexible learning" An interesting set

Futurelab E-Newsletter 66.. items

INFOCOW Work experience opportunity with Futurelab There is an exciting opportunity for you and a small number of students to work with Futurelab over the coming year. As part of

Telegraph – Reading at five ‘fails to boost skills’

Children forced to read from the age of five are no better than those left without books until their seventh birthday, according to research.   By Graeme Paton, Education Editor.

Designs for Learning – Transforming outdoor spaces for education

Designs for Learning       Transforming outdoor spaces for education – make this event part of your CPD Tuesday 23rd March 2010, The American School of London NW8    97% of teachers believe that

Futurelab: Planning for the future – new resources available to inspire futures thinking

Planning for the future - new resources available to inspire futures thinking Make the Future A new video looking at ideas drawn in the main from research commissioned under the

ESRC Seminar Series. Violence and Childhood: International Perspectives.

Seminar 1: violence and the making of the subject Friday March 12. 9.30 to 5.30. Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX This seminar explores the role of violence in shaping

Futurelab: Thinking Space

A joint publication between CABE, Futurelab and Portsmouth City Council, 'Thinking Space' is a FREE workshop resource aiming to support people involved with redesign and rebuild projects, such

Learnovation Foresight Report

Learnovation Foresight Report The foresight activity, binding together ongoing results of desk and field research and consultation, finds its methodological tool in a DELPHI survey aimed at testing consensus

2010 Horizon Report

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have... download

Press release: TEACHING IN 10 HOTTEST CAREERS PREDICTED FOR 2010

Career Energy, a specialist career management and outplacement consultancy, has today launched a free Career Guide highlighting the top ten career opportunities for people seeking to change their

AERO E-news 25.01.2010 – Top 5 Education Videos

AERO's Top 5 Education Videos Below is a list of our top five most viewed education videos during the past year. Enjoy! 1) John Taylor Gatto, Weapons of Mass Instruction

Futurelab: ‘Building spaces for the future’

'Building spaces for the future’ is a FREE event that will draw on recent research by Futurelab about young people’s view of what learning spaces should look like

Eclectic Lefty-hand: Conjectures on Jimi Hendrix, Handedness, and Electric Ladyland

14th January 2010. 27 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2FA, UK.       www.psypress.com/laterality Eclectic Lefty-hand: Conjectures on Jimi Hendrix, Handedness, and Electric Ladyland bit.ly/jimihendrix I always thought of Jimi as just coming

Book Review: OVERSCHOOLED but UNDEREDUCATED

BOOK REVIEW by PHILIP TOOGOOD, Trustee of PERSONALISED EDUCATION NOW. Many thanks to Philip for this review of an important book. OVERSCHOOLED but UNDEREDUCATED by John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart ISBN

Another 5,000 Charters Needed: Parental Demand for Charter Schools Surges 21% in One Year

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire As more low-income and minority parents seek to remove their children from traditional public schools that chronically underperform, waiting lists for America's public charter schools

AERO E-news 11.01.2010

Two DVDs at Excellent Prices: Alfie Kohn & Free to Learn from AERO http://www.educationrevolution.org/ e-news 11.06.2010  Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education A Documentary by Jeff Root &

Futurelab: Final outcomes from Beyond Current Horizons

After two years of hard research, the Beyond Current Horizons (BCH) project - looking at the future of education beyond 2025 - has drawn to a close. The

International Day Conference: Children’s Rights and War

International Day Conference Wednesday, 14th April 2010 10:00-16:30 CLARKE HALL. Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London WC1 0AL  Children’s Rights and War  Wars and conflict affect children in numerous ways. They are

Education Revolution E-Newsletter 06.01.2010

To further support AERO please find below the whole contents of their latest e-newsletter. I'm sure readers will be interested in following up subscriptions (hard copy or PDF)

CfL: Forthcoming Events

Full Time FE from 14: Giving Real Choice to 14 Year Olds 12 January, 11am - 1pm, London £99 plus VAT **Friends' rate £89.10 plus VAT The Conservatives announced at their

Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (University of Edinburgh

Have you undertaken insightful research on children's relationships? Are you a postgraduate student and/or early on in your career as a researcher?  If so, the Centre for Research

‘Rethinking Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media’

The fourth seminar in our ongoing ESRC-funded series 'Rethinking Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media' will be held at the Open University in Milton Keynes on

“CHILD PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP”

The Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth presents a   “CHILD PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP”  DATE:  Tuesday 26th January 2010  VENUE:  ICOSS, The University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP  TIME: 10.30

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