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Our human talents 

Join our Personal and social capabilities webinars in February and March to learn more about the skills that make us employable and how we teach them. 

Do we need to choose between knowledge and skills?

A broad and balanced curriculum: do we need to choose between knowledge and skills? Take a look at this summary of our panel session from The Festival of Education.

Learn more about curriculum design

Career-focused education

What is it, is it achievable and how do we do deliver? Watch the highlights from our Question Time Special on career-focused education at the Festival of Education, June 2019.

Go to business, creative and practical qualifications

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Audit staff and pupil mental and emotional wellbeing

Knowledge should be the single biggest priority in a school's curriculum

This episode brings a discussion on curriculum and the very topical 'knowledge vs. skills' debate. Guest hosts Oli de Botton and Lewis Iwu also join the conversation to give some inisight on what they think. A lot of discussion came out about there needing to be a balance between the two, rather than a choice between the importance of one over the other.

Careers education is not a good use of school time

In this episode it’s Laura’s turn to take the stand and defend what some see as unthinkable. In this heated conversation Laura believes that there are other ways to prepare children for the world of work than careers education, and that there are better ways to use the school's time. This week's guests are Tristram Hooley and Carl Fazackerley. 

Listen to our 'Go with me on this' podcast series

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