Education UK news

• The schools giving children a say in how they are run, positive.new (Jun 03, 2026) — As trust in democracy declines, a project putting pupils’ voices at the heart of school life is proving its worth
• Climate education proposals will prepare young people in England for changing careers and society, theconversation.com (Jan 06, 2026)

• UCL President: Universities must show they bring benefits to everyone, locally and nationally, theconversation.com (Dec 17, 2025)
• Eight more UK universities cut recruitment ties with fossil fuel industry, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2025)
• How to empower teachers and help students prepare for a sustainable future, theconversation.com (Nov 10, 2025)
• How Japanese 'tiny forests' are sweeping Scotland, BBC Future (Sep 11, 2025) — Grown using the Miyawaki method, fast-growing miniature forests in the middle of cities can bring surprisingly big benefits for people and the environment.
• Woodcraft Folk: A century of co-op education for social change, thenews.coop (Sep 03, 2025)
• Life lessons for a living world in the Forest of Dean, thenews.coop (Aug 16, 2025) — Community benefit society Wylderne has taken ownership of a wilderness education centre and is putting co-op principles into action
• Butterfly project aims to halt population decline, BBC News (Apr 05, 2025)
• Rewilding the curriculum: natural history GCSE to be introduced in the UK, positive.news (Mar 24, 2025)
• WL Meets: Cegin y Bobl – The People’s Kitchen, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Mar 06, 2025)

• Japan-style ‘tiny forests’ are taking root in British cities, theconversation.com (Oct 28, 2024)
• How to supercharge climate action? Get schools involved, positive.news (Jun 05, 2024)

• The climate crisis leaves students feeling helpless – what universities can do to empower them, theconversation.com (Jul 24, 2023)
• Cultural connections in the classroom, Wicked Leeks (Jun 08, 2023)
• ‘We create changemakers’: the new UK college dedicated to climate crisis, The Guardian (Feb 11, 2023)

• Five ways the new sustainability and climate change strategy for schools in England doesn’t match up to what young people actually want, The Conversation (May 04, 2022)

• Half of all UK schools could readily roll out School Streets, report says, Jan 12, 2021...^[1]

💚 Universities should be drivers of local sustainability, Dec 12, 2020...^[2]

• 'We deserve to be taught about it': why students want climate crisis classes.^[3] Sep 28, 2020.
• Pupils draft their own climate bill as anxiety grows over lack of guidance for schools.^[4] Feb 11, 2020.

References

• New climate emergency network launched to link schools across B&NES...^[1] Dec 23, 2019.
• England region plans world-first for climate change teaching...^[2] Jul 30, 2019.
• Schools are going green and here is how, Sep 12, 2017...^[3]
• From garden to plate: how schools benefit from growing their own produce, Mar 15, 2016...^[4]

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