“You can’t just stick Alan Turing on your Powerpoint, and be done with it”
Creating a Truly LGBTQ+ Inclusive Curriculum in 2022By Aled Hanson, trainee teacher in PGCE Economics and Business EducationAt the beginning of March 2022, Florida’s Senate passed its hugely controversial ‘don’t say Gay’ bill, which bans teachers from discussing...

British Science Week – resources for teaching STEM
Happy British Science Week 2022! This post contains information for schools and colleges from the University of Manchester relating to resources and activities on offer.Don’t forget to visit our British Science Week webpage to find out about all the exciting...
Making LGBTQ+ History visible in the school curriculum
Whilst there is much discourse within the teaching community about the importance of an inclusive curriculum for History, there seems to be a consensus that many attempts to address LGBTQ+ History are tokenistic at best, and that this is an area that requires...
From Afghanistan to Manchester – supporting refugee students
Schools and colleges in Greater Manchester continue to welcome children whose parents have claimed asylum in the UK. According to data from the Northwest Regional Strategic Migration Partnership, the UK offered protection to 13,210 refugees in the year to September...

PGCE GREEN Conference
We are delighted to be welcoming delegates to our second PGCE GREEN Conference on Friday 7th January, on the theme of Environmental and Climate Justice. This is a participative conference for trainees, this year including all of our English, Maths and Science...
Inclusion and Inspiration Conference 2022
We all need something to look forward to in the New Year and our next University of Manchester Inclusion and Inspiration Conference is on Friday 14thJanuary 2022 (online through Zoom and free to attend).Our keynote speaker is Jeffery Boakye, who will be talking about...
Join our virtual PGCE Open Evening- 15th December 6-7pm
Join our virtual PGCE Information SessionMeet our PGCE Secondary team at The University of Manchester in our upcoming virtual Information Session this December.About the eventOur PGCE Secondary Information Session will provide you with a wealth of information on...

‘Ignorance is only bliss to the privileged’: Manchester’s COP26 rally and the PGCE GREEN Conference, 7th January 2022
This post is a call to trainees, teachers and school leaders to build momentum towards action for climate and environmental justice in the curriculum and in schools and colleges in the UoM Secondary PGCE Partnership. It describes the Manchester COP26 rally and march...

ESRC GM Schools Share and Learn Event
GM Share and Learn Showcase: leading Education Recovery - Wednesday 17th November 4-6pm About this eventAs part of the Economic and Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science, this virtual event focuses on understanding and capturing the innovative school...

Where are the Women in the Curriculum? PGCE Historians, mentors and tutors reflect on a pressing question
PGCE History Subject Leader Tom Donnai ponders some of the issues facing teacher educators I recently asked my 9 year-old daughter a fairly simple question, as she walked through the front door after her first day back at school. ‘What is History?’ Her reply, though...
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