Something we need to track? Details are here, and there is also the FutureLab conference with a useful list of contacts mj
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Participation at post-16
Sep 19
This is really important: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (National) All colleges must consult their students: Rammell All colleges will have a duty to consult students and employers when making decisions about the education they offer, Minister for Further Education Bill Rammell has announced. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has published new guidance [...]
Pupils and Politics is a document from david Holmes at Derbyshire Healthy Schools which aims to change the structure of school councils across the county. The new model uses the language and structures of the English parliamentary system in an attempt to teach young people about English democracy as well as providing a workable school [...]
The DCSF has just published the Bercow Review into Speech, Language and Communication. In a nutshell it concludes that some children are failing to develop the neccessary skills in this area. It suggests, amongst other things, that Sir Alan Steer looks into how these skills can be developed in every primary school class room. I [...]
Just reading a little bit from HH talking about the fact that the Diplomas that are being introduced for 14-19 year olds are apparently the responsibility of the DIUS (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills), not the DCSF. The DCSF has repsonsibility for everything up to the age of 13, but then after that there [...]
One of the articles I found on Voice It1 (see previous post), written by one of the student ‘journalists’ was about the newly created position of Chair of the Youth Citizenship Commission. This commission will: Examine what citizenship means to young people. Consider how to increase young people’s participation in politics; the development of citizenship [...]
Technology and participation
Feb 13
I’m going to be facilitating this seminar, it looks pretty interesting: The Learner Voice and Technology workshop will be held on Tuesday 26th February at the Futurelab Offices in Bristol. http://www.futurelab.org.uk/about_us/contact_location The workshop aims to explore the potential of technology to engage learner voice in the primary, secondary and FE/HE sectors. We will take as [...]
I was just having a look on the TES’s forums and this issue seemed to be quite popular. Is it something we could produce a resource on? I’m sure it’s something teachers would really value. Maybe it would just be a short one that could be downloaded for free (if people give us their email [...]
5 Year Vision
Jan 10
Jess and I had a meeting with Esmée Fairbairn this morning and they grilled us about our vision, i.e. where do we want to be in 5 years time? Whilst we have strategies and an overall vision for school councils, we need to have an organisational vision and interim points of reference. Olivia














