The tenth International citizED conference takes place on 17-19 July 2014 at  the University of Birmingham. The theme: ‘Raising standards in citizenship education: ideas, ideals and issues from around the world’. Places are £100. To book yours, email Aidan Thompson at Birmingham University. The organisers are also calling for papers. They are after proposals that […]

Democratic Life skipped trick or treating this week in favour of attending the Hansard Society’s Question Time event for young people, part of Parliament Week. Chaired by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the panel featured Chris Bryant MP (Labour), Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative), Caroline Lucas MP (Green) and Jo Swinson MP (Liberal Democrat). More than 200 […]

The first annual Parliament Week is launching on 31 October 2011 and running through 6 November. This is an exciting opportunity for teachers and young people to explore the work and role of Parliament and, through the theme of ‘Stories of Democracy’, to see how decisions made in Westminster have an impact on everyone’s lives. […]

Danny Bartlett’s campaign for political education seems to have struck a chord: on Tuesday he will speak on the main stage at the Conservative Party Conference. Danny, who set up Hands Up Who’s Bored because he found politics boring, will discuss his support for citizenship education as well as how to engage apathetic young people […]

The International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship’s conference, ‘Citizenship, Society and Social Justice: new agendas?’, is taking place on Friday, 1 July at Birkbeck, University of London. Democratic Life is a proud supporter of the conference, which will explore the many possible relationships between citizenship and education, including formal citizenship education. Through its plenary […]