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 | Jan 20, 2021 | Education
20th Century Breakthrough In 1931, the Hadow Report published a series of recommendations which considered the differences in levels of intelligence among individual children. Special schools for children with severe educational challenges were proposed, while...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Jan 7, 2021 | Education
It is well documented that many children are not provided with the opportunities for outdoor play, discovery and learning. The Guardian reported in 2016 that 75% of children spent less time outdoors each day than the average prisoner (less than an hour per day). We...
by Sir Peter Birkett | Oct 14, 2020 | Education
As schools tentatively re-opened their doors to pupils around the world for the Autumn term last month, children found themselves returning together to familiar territories, but with very different structures in place to keep them physically apart. In many countries,...
