Market Report: UK Chemical Industry, International Trade and the Single Market

Here we report on the UK’s Chemical Industry with respect International Trade, Brexit and the European Single Market. Our aim is to help direct UK Chemical companies to potential opportunities in international trade, post Brexit. Chemical Industry Overview  The Chemical Industry is the UK’s largest exporter of manufactured goods. The industry contributes £80 Million per Read more about Market Report: UK Chemical Industry, International Trade and the Single Market[…]

S2DS: Bridging the Gap Between Outdated Education and Employability

Traditional British Education has stagnated due to political games and false prophecies of change. In reality there is little difference between the content of education in the 1990s and what’s pushed in the classroom today. The syllabuses and approach are more suited to the First Industrial Revolution than the emerging Fourth. Don’t get me wrong, Read more about S2DS: Bridging the Gap Between Outdated Education and Employability[…]

Higher Education & the Jobs Market: Edge Foundation report

The Edge Foundation is an ‘independent education charity dedicated to shaping the future of education to meet the demands of the 21st century global economy and ensure opportunity for all.’ Below is a short presentation about consolidating the foundations recent  report, ‘Our Plan for Higher Education’. It provides a brief overview of the whole report and was Read more about Higher Education & the Jobs Market: Edge Foundation report[…]

Education: When Behaviour Makes an Otherwise Equal Education Unequal Can Psychology Help?

This article was recently published in the August 2017 addition of UkEdChat, and on UkEdChat.com. It is anecdote from my own experience as a school student and regards the unequal treatment between myself and a good friend of mine. In a nutshell he was a bored and misunderstood genius who was let down by ‘the Read more about Education: When Behaviour Makes an Otherwise Equal Education Unequal Can Psychology Help?[…]

Education: GCSE Results and Reforms 2017

GCSE Results And ‘Reforms’ 2017 Results day morning, Twitter is full of tweets from panicked and sleep deprived students, the existentialists are asking why their future should be defined by a piece of paper, whilst jokers mock their potential failure and adults give some ‘sage’ advice.

Education: Why Bright Working-Class Children Needed Grammar Schools

  Bright Working-Class Children Need Grammar Schools Under the veil of the recent election result, the government published the briefing summary Grammar Schools in England , composed of three sections: Current Position; The Debate and A Brief History of Grammar Schools. Currently there is a ban on opening new grammar schools, imposed under Labour in Read more about Education: Why Bright Working-Class Children Needed Grammar Schools[…]

Education: An Inspector Calls (and then leaves)

An Inspector Calls (and then leaves) In the last week of May, my school Bedales held an education conference as part of its series of ‘Leading Independent Thinking’ events. Two years ago the subject was innovative education, whilst this one focused on leadership.

Education: Leadership Conference

Teacher Scott Charlesworth blogs on leadership At the ‘Liberating Leaders’ conference recently held at Bedales, Chief Inspector of Schools and Head of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw lamented the lack of maverick leaders in state schools, and called for more flamboyant, colourful and slightly strange characters.

Education: Blind Faith; Enough Is Enough! It Is Time We Start Manufacturing Real Change in Our State Education System

Blind Faith: Enough Is Enough! It Is Time We Start Manufacturing Real Change in Our State Education System My life is far from the dream I had as a child, for which I largely blame the trust and blind faith I had in state education; I was young, eager, inspired and naïve! For me education Read more about Education: Blind Faith; Enough Is Enough! It Is Time We Start Manufacturing Real Change in Our State Education System[…]

School Trip to the Lakedistrict

Ullswater update By Scott Charlesworth, Teacher of Chemistry and Block 3 Badley tutor Day 1 A holiday to the Lake District, it is hard to believe that this is the second full-day of school but then again we are talking about Bedales, a place where we know there is much more to education than qualifications.

A Visit to parliament

Touring the Palace of Westminster Politics is something that affects us all but I wonder how many people, old and young, have a true understanding of how Parliament actually works. It turns out that a trip to the Palace of Westminster is a great way to gain an insight; what’s more, as British citizens we Read more about A Visit to parliament[…]

Poetry

I have found a love of writing poetry in recent years. My desire to write actually grew from writing rap lyrics, which entered my life as a way to vent frustrations brought about by my cultural isolation at university. University was a massive cultural shock to me, before it I didn’t know what social class Read more about Poetry[…]

StickyEd

Currently I am working on a digital resource bank designed to support both students and teachers. A website with all the resources that either could need. It acts to fill gaps in student and teacher support that I believe are lacking due to the constraints imposed by administrative forces that control our outdated education system. Such administrative forces Read more about StickyEd[…]