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What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?
Education & Development

What does ‘inclusive education’ mean to you?

...resources to educate everyone in the same place (Wilson, Woolfson and Durkin, 2022). This is why some researchers (such as Ainscow, 2020) emphasise the importance of thinking about inclusive education in terms of the whole education system, rather than what happens in the classroom alone. If we think about inclusion this way, teachers cannot be the only ones held...
Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh on his experience at The Open University
Education & Development

Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh on his experience at The Open University

Dr Eric Addae Kyeremeh explains here the staffing changes he has noticed over the past ten years, working at the OU, and his highlights...Key moments: In the first video Eric describes his experience of working at the OU for the past ten years, and the success he has had in that time. Eric explains his key moments and highlights. Transcript Staffing changes: When Eric...
History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...education is a key resource to build the nation and economy after war and years of under-development. Education is vital to help individuals and communities thrive. It is particularly important for girls, who are often disadvantaged in various ways in African societies, but where investment in their education pays off in multiple ways. Teachers and students at the...
Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people
Education & Development

Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people

...Education (FE College) and Higher Education through The Open University due to its uniquely inclusive ethos that supports learning regardless of age, income, or background. Most courses do not require young people to hold prior qualifications. The Open University is open to all. A significant insight from this research was the value young people place on family bonds,...
From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator
Health, Sports & Psychology

From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator

...education and now I have to learn a whole new field of teaching and leadership. As The Open University clearly points out your ‘Future is Open’. How true that is! The OU gave me a future that potentially may not have happened if I had listened to my schoolteacher. Thank goodness I had the common sense to follow my dreams! The OU ‘aims to inspire’ – it has done...
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...education in Northern Ireland a vehicle for social cohesion, or for perpetuating community divisions?...[Children jumping] The unveiled and direct attacks this week between the DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson and a senior Catholic bishop, Donal McKeown, have once again raised the thorny and entangled issue of the role of education in Northern Ireland as...
RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...education, says James Williams...By announcing that all schools will be expected to become academies, George Osborne has foretold the death of local authority involvement in education. Born on December 18 1902, Local Education Authorities (LEAs) will likely have their life support switched off sometime in 2022, by which time all schools will be expected to be on course to...