'Those in charge must consider how to help solve economic, social, and environmental challenges, rather than add to them.' Callum McGeown and Louise Taylor for the Green European Journal....
Green peer Natalie Bennett recalls the Lords' debate on the Government's School Bill – which prioritises multi-academy trusts over children's health and wishes.
Early Years Alliance CEO Neil Leitch points to the Government’s lack of recognition of the early years sector, which was consistently ignored in its response to the pandemic.
Reflecting on the Department for Education’s draft strategy for Sustainability and Climate Change, Chris Nash delves into what a Green climate education might look like, urging Greens to ...
Chris Nash explores the implications of the recent cabinet reshuffle for the education system, arguing that the Greens must challenge the false promises of the new Department for Educatio...
"To let it rip through schools will result in another winter of disrupted education as pupils self-isolate." Cllr Sarah Nield on Brighton and Hove Council explains how the spread of the C...
After a number of U-turns concerning 2021 assessments, Green spokespeople and supporters have expressed concern over the uncertainty of exam measures for next year’s cohort.
Green councillors in Brighton and Hove have successfully urged local government to back a trade union campaign calling on central government to pay school and public sector workers fairly...
“If nursery providers remain closed, collectively they stand to lose millions of pounds; if they’re forced to open, they put staff and children at risk.” Caroline Lucas MP and Cllr Hannah...
Cllr Hannah Clare, Chair of the Children, Young People and Skills Committee on Brighton and Hove City Council, details the advice given to residents on going back to school.
“The nanny state has done a very effective job of nurturing the profits of multinational manufacturers, supermarkets and tobacco companies, while doing a terrible job of protecting public...
Ahead of this year’s A-Level results day, the Green Party has called for a simple, credible way for students to appeal their results – of which up to 40 per cent are expected to be downgr...
“We should prioritise children’s futures by designing an education system that promotes the natural world and our sustainable place within it.” Jenny Rhodes, a former primary school teach...
“For our society to cohere, to find a successful identity in the 21st Century with a vision to carry us all forward, we need to shake off some of the shibboleths of the past. Otherwise ou...
Following success with single-use plastic campaigns ‘#StirCrazy’ and ‘500ff’, Luke Douglas-Home, founder of the association A Future Without Rubbish (AFWR), talks about the latest campaig...
“Academic freedom and critical thinking aren’t luxuries, but crucial in this age of climate emergency and threatened autocracy.” Following the news that Cambridge University has accepted ...
As the summer holiday comes to a close and millions of students return to school, newly elected Young People Spokesperson and Co-Chair of the Young Greens Tom Hazell looks at the progress...
The government’s recent report into university funding called for a £7,500 cap on annual tuition fees, but this will not ease the financial burden on those students from poorer background...
The school run can be a stressful time, as well as a dangerous one for children due to the increased levels of traffic outside schools. Green Party campaigners in Sheffield have been taki...
“We need our culture to be permeated with environmental ideas.” Manchester Green Party member Jonny Keen calls for better representation of environmental issues in film, music, literature...
