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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Curriculum review: Essential citizenship knowledge must remain in the National Curriculum
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 […]
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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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