English PEN are delighted to be part of the Supporting Group for Democratic Life and we will do all that we can through our own campaigns, projects and networks to promote this work. English PEN comes to citizenship through literature and free speech.
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Great press coverage for citizenship education and Democratic Life
Friday, January 21st, 2011
The Democratic Life team have been working almost non-stop over the last few weeks, with the reception event at the House of Commons and the curriculum review yesterday. So we were really pleased that our hard work paid off with two positive pieces of coverage in the Guardian this week! The first piece ‘Citizenship education […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Democratic Life welcomes the coalition Government’s plans for a review of the National Curriculum as an opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of citizenship education. Citizenship education – the only subject in the National Curriculum that teaches about the way democracy, politics, the economy and the law work – is one of the subjects (among others […]
…Continue reading 'Curriculum review: Essential citizenship knowledge must remain in the National Curriculum'How is it possible to educate the future generation if we cannot even provide them with the knowledge of how our world works?
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Some children do not have families who encourage them to read newspapers to know what is happening in the world at that current moment. Whether or not you are not interested in politics, it doesn’t differ as no matter what you say politics will affect you. Not to mention that this generation of young people […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
A group of PGCE students have established a campaign called Defenders of Citizenship Education (DOCE) . Aware that the subject is under review following the change in Government, the group are aiming to get as many supporters as possible to sign their petition which they plan to send to Michael Gove . DOCE stated that […]
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The Guardian has written about Unicef UK’s report which recognises that when children learn about human rights bullying, exclusion and challenging school environments can be reduced. The report followed an evaluation by researchers at the Universities of Brighton and Sussex of Unicef UK’s human rights projects in schools. Some of the key findings of the […]
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Youth Select Committee Inquiry into ‘Curriculum for Life’
Monday, July 1st, 2013
On Friday our Chair, Liz Moorse, was the first witness at the Youth Select Committee at the Houses of Parliament. This group of young people is conducting an inquiry into whether the current National Curriculum and schooling more generally provides young people with the skills they need in life.
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