by Sir Peter Birkett | Nov 23, 2022 | Education
The law is clear that children with special educational needs and disabilities who are in penal detention centres should receive appropriate provision and support. All secure penal settings are required to carry out an educational assessment of every child who is...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Aug 30, 2022 | Education
Around the world, many girls are left behind and ignored by the education system. Education is a powerful weapon that can pull people out of extreme poverty, yet more than 130 million girls are being left out of the education system and pushed into forced marriage,...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Aug 23, 2022 | Education
In the early 1800s, learning disabilities and mental illness were often confused without any clear distinction being made between the two. The journey towards understanding the nature of special needs has been a long-fought one. The blanket labelling of disabled...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Jun 28, 2022 | Education
Malleable Minds: What we choose to do in our spare time and with our own money can tell us more about a generation than any other factor. The plasticity of our minds alters these choices throughout the generations according to what is prominent in our world at that...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Oct 6, 2021 | Education
A dropout rate of one in three teachers in schools throughout the UK is expected within the next five years, according to a survey by the National Education Union. This worrying trend has also been witnessed across the SEN sector too, with a growing shortage of...
