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  1. Subject to Change: Setting a New Direction for Education and Learning

    Subject to Change: Setting a New Direction for Education and Learning

    January 28, 2022

    Listening to and empowering young people and the public to set a new direction for education and learning A new report from Big Change and the Institute for Public Policy Research by Caireen Goddard, Harry Quilter-Pinner and Kike Agunbiade sets out the findings of research into the public’s views on the future of education and learning. Through thousands of conversations they have found that a consensus is starting to emerge. Young people, parents, teachers and employers all agree that now is the time to rethink what education is really for, how young people...

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  2. Growing up in the Covid-19 pandemic: An evidence review of the impact of pandemic life on physical development in the early years

    Growing up in the Covid-19 pandemic: An evidence review of the impact of pandemic life on physical development in the early years

    January 7, 2022

    Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) report by Max Stanford, Pippa Davie and James Mulcahy (Nov 2021) This report is a brief review of emerging international and UK evidence on seven key factors associated with children’s early physical health and development, and the extent to which the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic (such as lockdowns and social distancing) have impacted on these factors and affected children’s early physical development, including children from low-income and UK ethnic minority families.

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  3. Children’s perspectives and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK public health measures

    Children’s perspectives and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK public health measures

    December 2, 2021

    Jill Thompson, Grace Spencer and Penny Curtis have explored children’s perspectives on the pandemic (Health Expectations, Dec. 2021) Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on how we live our lives; yet, the implications for children and the effects on children’s everyday lives have been relatively underacknowledged. Understanding children’s views on COVID-19 and related restrictions on their lives provides an important opportunity to understand how children have responded to the pandemic, including the impacts on their social and emotional well-being. Objective This study explored the experiences and perspectives of children in...

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