Unlocking learning beyond the classroom with the Children’s University
Helen O’Donnell, CEO of the Children’s University, shares a range of examples of what the Children’s University looks like in practice in Wolverhampton, Sheffield and…
Foundation for Education Development (FED)
Reimagining Education and its Power to Transform the World
FED Ambassador and President of the National Union of Students, Larissa Kennedy, reminds us that ‘by centring students’ agency in shaping what, how and where…
Empowering young people to tackle climate change
Kate Gillingham, Head of UK & Ireland Government and Public Affairs of the LEGO Group, reflects on the power of children’s voices at the #COP26…
Education Policy – What will we be talking about in 2022?
As we move into the second year of our work at the Foundation for Education Development (@FEDeducation) and following the launch of the FED National Education…
Educating and empowering children and young people to take action on the climate crisis
In this thinkpiece, Gaby Sethi, Head of OVO Foundation, OVO Energy’s philanthropic arm, talks about how through OVO’s programme they educate and empower children and…
Equality, equity, accessibility, and inclusion: Placing everyone at the heart of education re-imagining
Professor Anne Bamford OBE, a FED Council Member and Strategic Director of Education and Skills for the City of London challenges and invites us to…
Exploring the different approaches to levelling up and place-based strategies to generate and sustain educational excellence
Leading locally: partnering regionally: impacting nationally, excelling globally: five premises and five characteristics Dr Ann Limb CBE, a FED Ambassador, Independent Chair of the UK…
We need to build flexibility, agility and resilience into shaping a long-term vision and plan for education
Patrick Wall, a FED Trustee and the founder of edpol.net, argues that interdependency with the system adds to the complexity and asks us to consider,…
I believe education in England is having a Net Zero by 2030 moment
#NetZero by 2030: Can we ever agree on purpose and vision? In this think piece, Professor Fiona Forbes, a FED Trustee, the CEO and founder of ConfigurED…
Connectivity and Cooperation: Bringing about genuine change, with education as a driver of social mobility
Neil Birch reflects on the lessons he gained from participating in FED’s virtual roundtables: When I was asked recently to join the Fed panel to…