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Episode 110: The Seventh Hat

Tonight we talk to Graham Leicester, Director of International Futures Forum. He is a former member of HM Diplomatic Service and has subsequently developed a special interest and wide experience in areas of governance, innovation, education and the arts.  Graham talks about his latest work with Scottish schools, and futures thinking in the public service…

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Episode 88 The Real David Cameron – Connecting the creative to the powerful?

Tonight we chat to the Real David Cameron about leadership, and the issues of connecting the creative energy that is exemplified by networks such as Pedagoo, to the policy makers with the power to enact structural changes.  David also talks about some of the hopeful things he witnessed in some York schools. Apologies for the…

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Episode 75 A thousand pasts and no future?

Tonight we enjoyed a wide ranging conversation with the Real David Cameron – or should that be “Professor”?  Why are we always revisiting the past in education policy and why is there not more debate about the role and nature of an ‘academic’ curriculum in contemporary society? This flowed into a discussion on social mobility:…

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Episode 60 Twenty thousand leagues under the GCSE

Tonight we have a discussion/dialogue/think or just a rant about the distorting effects of league tables and the need for some more innovation in the system rather than just asking creative teachers to work harder.  Its starts off with a story about achievement:  Hannah Richardson and Katherine Sellgren  BBC story “struggling pupils don’t catch up,…

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Episode 52 Jargon with the wind

Last chance to donate to Jay on his “Movember adventure”. http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1533912 Get your ducks in a row, circle the drain, push the envelope and try the jargon generator http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html We get angry about public sector pensions and Cameron’s response as we prepare to go on strike and Matthew brings in the voice of reason.  Jay finds…

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