We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Inclusion and Inspiration Conference Collection is now ready and available at this website, with all the materials and resources that were received from the presenters. Please navigate using the themes on the right hand side,...
Category: Diversity
Exploring a humanitarian educator’s response to conflict
Exploring a humanitarian educator's response to conflict: Dr Amanda McCorkindale of UoM's Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute with Andrew Howes, Head of ITE - click to watch video What is an appropriate response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in...
PGCE places – and the UoM STEM Newsletter for Schools
STOP-PRESS: places are still available on our Science PGCE (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physics with Maths, Engineers Teach Physics) and in English, Modern Languages (French, German, Spanish), Geography and Business Education. Please pass the word on - potential...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
PGCE Economics & Business: raising the attainment of disadvantaged students- ‘heartwork’ and high expectations
Trainees in Economics and Business Education spent a day at Manchester Enterprise Academy in Wythenshawe. The school has a high proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with over 60% drawing in additional Pupil Premium funding for the school. There are...
How can teachers engage boys in gender equality lessons
By Katharine Roddy, PGCE ML 2018-2019I completed my PGCE in Modern Languages at the University of Manchester in 2019. I am now in my third year working at Bolton School Boys' Division, teaching French and German (and rock climbing!).In spring 2021, I launched a...
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