Reflections on the Speaker’s Conference and why citizenship still needs support

Molly Kearney
14 January 2010

I was pleased to see that the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation recommended in their final report (published on Monday) that in ‘England, the Department for Children Schools and Families should work with headteachers and with Ofsted to ensure that the importance of citizenship is better understood and the subject is taught with quality and appropriate breadth. In the devolved administrations, the equivalent authorities should consider a similar approach in the relevant curriculum areas’. (more…)

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Year Dot

Channel Four Education's Year Dot documentary followed the paths of 15 young people over one year. Reproduced here are those relevant to the citizenship curriculum.

Juggling university and a political career

Claire is the second youngest Labour Parliamentary Candidate in the party’s history. She discusses the difficulties of juggling her political work and her degree, and the challenges she faces by being wedded to politics. (more…)

Reproduced by kind permission of Channel Four Education.

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Year Dot

Channel Four Education's Year Dot documentary followed the paths of 15 young people over one year. Reproduced here are those relevant to the citizenship curriculum.

Rap School gives young people a creative focus

Jamal discusses his community youth project ‘On Track’ as part of the Off Da Streets movement, which aims to give young people a focus and a creative, productive way to spend their time (more…)

Reproduced by kind permission of Channel Four Education.

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Year Dot

Channel Four Education's Year Dot documentary followed the paths of 15 young people over one year. Reproduced here are those relevant to the citizenship curriculum.

Encouraging others to believe in themselves

Chloe talks to a group of young people about her personal experiences of overcoming epilepsy and learning difficulties to achieve the goals she set herself. (more…)

Reproduced by kind permission of Channel Four Education.

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Year Dot

Channel Four Education's Year Dot documentary followed the paths of 15 young people over one year. Reproduced here are those relevant to the citizenship curriculum.

Talking politics to a tough crowd

Claire goes to her prospective constituency of Skipton to address a class of A-level students. (more…)

Reproduced by kind permission of Channel Four Education.

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Filed under: Year Dot

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