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Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity
Education & Development

Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity

...Education has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic...Globally, it is estimated that remote learning is out of reach for at least 500 million students.While the objective of equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all has always been a challenge, the COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020 has made the realisation of these targets even more so. The United Nations...
A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...education system and the study hours expected at a Chinese school. ...This content is associated with The Open University Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [students working at their desks in a Chinese school] Structure of the Chinese education system In China, education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult ......
How can education contribute to sustainability?
Education & Development

How can education contribute to sustainability?

...Education are doing...The environment is one of three key drivers for education for the future identified on our Masters in Education (Learning and Teaching) qualification as urgently needing our attention as educators. In our Badged course Looking Globally: The Future of Education, in relation to an environmental issue affecting where you live, learners are asked: In...
How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...educated in England. No accurate data is available on how many of these children sit national examinations each year. However, a study during the Covid pandemic shed light on challenges when the exams were cancelled, and some significant inequalities came to light...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Home educators, at...
Transitioning from home education to employment
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Transitioning from home education to employment

...educated adults...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. The recent ‘Strengthening Home Education’ (2021) report commissioned by the DfE and the House of Commons Education Committee highlighted the need for research that explores the social outcomes of home education. In particular, employment is an area of society that...
The importance of education for students in secure environments
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The importance of education for students in secure environments

...education for students in secure environments (SiSE) and the challenges faced by SiSE learners..._Find out more about The Open University's Open degree. _ Due to the ‘open’ nature of The Open University it has been able to meet the needs of a diverse range of students. This includes a significant number of students who find themselves in secure environments. Since the...
Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)
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Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)

...Education Conference...The session started with participants sharing words they associated with Relationship Sex Education (RSE). These included inclusive, health, resistance, and contentious. The group agreed with Pilcher’s (2005, p.169) description of RSE as having a ‘contentious character’. [Image of the mentimeter question participants answered at the start of...
Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...Education’s ‘targeted groups;’ English as an Additional Language, Pupil Premium, Special Educational Needs, School Action. All of which categorically avoided identifying Black and brown students and the need to scrutinise their progress against their white counterparts. Perhaps the policy had similar intentions as my younger self – remove labels of race which...