Senior Lecturer Geography Education
University College London
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Alex Standish retweeted
Our 4th Annual Conference is on Saturday 21 November. You can register through the link in this month's Newsletter. Not a member? Sign up if you wish to join us (see the first comment). @StudentAFAF @postgradafaf @LivingFreedomUK @FreedomIEL @OurFightUk @acadofideas @DerbyUniAFAF @uclAFAF @CityUniAFAF @cakafaf @bristolafaf @OU_AFAF @portuniAFAF @NottUnisAFAF @BhamUnisAFAF
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Why are white working-class pupils the lowest achieving group in English schools? Join us for this in person debate in central London on December 7th.
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It is just three weeks before the 4th AFAF Annual Conference on 21 November 2026. The conference is an in-person event that brings together network members to discuss past and future activities, and to join in some important debates. We are almost sold out. Book your ticket now - details in the November AFAF newsletter. @postgradafaf @StudentAFAF @BhamUnisAFAF @Bristolafaf @BuckUniAFAF @cakafaf @CityUniAFAF @DerbyUniAFAF @LeedsUniAFAF @LivUniAFAF @MancUniAFAF @AFAFNWE @NEUnis_AFAF @NottUnisAFAF @PortUniAFAF @AFAF_QMUL @SheffUnisAFAF @uclAFAF @EdinUniAFAF @GlasUniAFAF @StAnd_AFAF @uwsafaf @CardiffAFA @DubUnisAFAF
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Can schools solve the NEETs crisis (not in employment, education or training)? #BattleFest
Alex Standish retweeted
A cracking speech from James Heartfield on how to read Hegel for today
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Alex Standish retweeted
interviewed James Heartfield and Cronain O’Kelly in Bedford Square, London, before the launch of their new publication Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (2026) last week. 👇
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#JustPublished
La introducción al Special Issue que hemos editado en #EthicsAndEducation @tandfonline ya está disponible...
《CHARTING THE WAY FORWARD: NAVIGATING EDUCATIONAL FUTURES》
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My thoughts about the media reporting of the Nepal China August flood.
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Can teachers help students to push back on misanthropic media reporting?
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How work makes families more equal. A good article to help students understand cultural differences between countries and how they matter. share.google/mvCQJ3r0UpKwGPJ…
A mark of achievement for our teachers and students! Well done.
New PISA data out- and a huge success story. England is now a top-10 education system in the world. Outside of Asia, one of the highest.
New PISA 2025 results:
Science: 8th in the world, up from 13th
Reading: 9th, up from 13th
Maths: 10th, up from 11th.
While much of the OECD has gone backwards, England has has held its ground while most of the world has gone backwards. Huge achievement by school staff.
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Thursday 24th September 2026, at 7 pm, London, at the Accent London Study Centre, 12 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3JA.
Inspired and hopefully inspirational
Finalising details for launch conferences for our Exemplary Leadership and Exemplary Teaching Programmes. @tombennett71 @Mr_Raichura @DavidDidau and @PepsMccrea all on one day.
Places left on both for this year.
We wrote this on who we are and what we do.
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The assumption that knowledge rich was ever alive and well on the ground is quite an error.
People are starting to write the obituary for England's "knowledge-rich" era.
Before we bury it, I wanted to check something - was it ever really alive?
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Hmm...why don't British towns and cities do more to help citizens with the heatwave?
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I don't hear much from councils taking action to help people with the heatwave. Here's one, but surely there's a lot they could do...
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Alex Standish retweeted
Professor Lindsay Paterson’s verdict in today’s @scotonsunday could not be clearer. After nearly 20 years of SNP control, Scotland’s education system is in such decline that it could take decades to repair the damage.
The Scottish Conservatives fought the election with a clear plan to restore discipline, back teachers, raise standards, ban mobile phones in classrooms and put knowledge back at the heart of education.
The SNP’s legacy is falling attainment, failing standards and squandered opportunities for a generation of young people. This has been nothing short of managed decline. To say it isn’t good enough is an understatement.
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For much of human history, our ancestors were trapped in an economy in which incomes were determined by the size of the population.
The Industrial Revolution ended this Malthusian economy and made it possible for a country to leave abject poverty behind.
ALT Two linked line charts showing England's total GDP and GDP per capita plotted against population from 1450 to 1750, where total GDP rises substantially between 1450 and 1650 but GDP per capita stays largely flat until about 1680, after which per capita incomes begin a sustained increase signaling escape from the Malthusian trap. Data: Broadberry et al. (2015) and Bank of England historical series; licensed CC-BY to Our World in Data.