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07/09/20

‘The sum total of your learning experience is so much more than your academic path’

We spoke to Jan Owen, co-chair of Learning Creates Australia about her hopes for the future of education and the need for system change.

Blog

12/08/20

Engaging ‘Youth Voice’ to Shape the Future of Education

Planning to invite young people to the table? Here are five things they want you to know.

Blog, Project Partners

15/07/20

Curating a debate about the future of education

We spoke to new project partners, The Education Exchange about the importance of supporting teachers and enabling them to connect and develop.

Big Change News, Project Partners

07/07/20

Making home the best possible environment for children to reach their potential

EasyPeasy talks to us about their developments and how Covid-19 has brought about welcome conversations about the home environment.

Blog

02/07/20

What will it take for 2020 to be a significant moment of change for education?

Amelia Peterson looks to Big Change’s global network, an extraordinary group of pioneers and experts from education and beyond, for insights on how this could be a time to catalyse long term change in education, in the UK and around the world.

Blog, Project Partners

01/07/20

Putting young people at the heart of wellbeing in schools

We spoke to new project partners Tranquiliti about their systemic approach to tackling mental health in schools.

Blog, Project Partners

24/06/20

Empowering parents and bringing them into the education conversation

We spoke to new project partners Parent Ping to find out about their new app for parents and carers.

Big Change News, Project Partners

18/06/20

Introducing our Emergent Needs Fund project partners

Our Emergent Needs Fund supports pioneering projects playing a vital role in this moment and laying foundations for long-term change.

Blog, Project Partners

27/03/20

Challenges and seeds of hope

We’re working with our pioneers to see how we can collaborate and help support at this challenging time. But there are some snippets of hope and opportunity that we wanted to share.

Friday Insights

13/03/20

Friday Insights (13 March)

Like many of you, the impacts of coronavirus have been keeping us on our toes, we round up some useful resources for schools, educators and colleagues.

Blog

09/03/20

We need a national debate about a new system

One of our supporters, Lord Jim Knight, shared his views about why the education system needs to change in a House of Lords debate.

Friday Insights

24/01/20

Friday Insights | 24th January

Our project partners have been making major strides recently, so this week’s Friday Roundup will be focused on celebrating their fabulous starts to 2020!

Blog, Project Partners

23/01/20

Introducing our new Project Partners

We are so thrilled to introduce our new cohort of Big Change project partners to you. It’s our privilege to be able to support these people and organisations to create an education and learning system that sets young people up to thrive in life, not just exams.

Friday Insights

10/01/20

Friday Insights (10th January)

This week was big for exclusions, with new analysis and recommendations from the Centre for Social Justice, and a new campaign and fund from The Evening Standard and the London Community Foundation. Plus, it’s a new decade – whoa. Let’s look at some predictions for what’s in store for the world of philanthropy during the roaring 20s v. 2.0.

Big Change News, Blog

05/12/19

#hopes4ed | An unashamedly hopeful take on the change we’d love to see in education. Are you with us?

This week, Big Change was invited to the OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Forum for World Education in Paris. Alongside global leaders in business, education, STEM, the arts and influential youth leaders, we joined a dynamic conversation about the future of education.

Blog

29/11/19

Change is Happening 12/11/19 – Paul Williams’ Blog

Change is Happening | Big Changer and superstar supporter Paul Williams share his experiences and explains why he goes above and beyond to fundraise and share the Big Change message.

Friday Insights

22/11/19

Friday Insights (22nd November)

In this Friday Insights Caitlin shares some exciting releases from Big Change alumni RECLAIM and Frontline, and her favourite learnings from this week’s edition of Just Cause from Derek Bardowell.

Big Change News

08/11/19

Change is Happening

We’re so proud to publish our impact and learning review, Change is Happening. In it we share some incredible impact stories and insights from our project partners, past and present, and what we ourselves have learned along the way. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to spend time speaking with our project partners about their successes, their challenges, and what’s next in their journey. We have learned a lot and hope you will too.

Friday Insights

01/11/19

Friday Insights (1st November)

This Friday we have two big project partner achievements to celebrate, and we’re reflecting on Ten Years’ Time’s recent report on climate change, social change, and how funders can act on both.

Friday Insights

11/10/19

Friday Insights (11th October)

Thursday October 10th was World Mental Health Day; find out more with Caitlin’s roundup on what our project partners were saying about mental health, yesterday and every day.

Friday Insights

04/10/19

Friday Insights (4th October)

This week saw us celebrating teachers around the world with World Teachers Day – so we’ll hear from one of the amazing teachers who gave up a Headship opportunity to continue her learning and development at a Pupil Referral Unit. We also share some thoughts on the Association for Charitable Foundation’s new report on how funders can promote diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Blog

02/10/19

Why are young people changing the world?

What does the climate strike tell us about hope and reimagining education? Big change Youth Advisory member Seven Jacobs shares his experience in a guest blog for Big Change.

Blog, Jobs

24/09/19

Hiring: Marketing & Communications Manager

We are looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager to play a central role in engaging key stakeholders with Big Change’s mission. Read on to find out more!

Friday Insights

30/08/19

What do the leaked education plans mean?

The biggest event in education and learning this week was the leak of the Government documents outlining Gavin Williamson’s plans for education – but what does it mean? We’ll take a look at the opinion and analysis of a few different experts on the topic.

Friday Insights

23/08/19

Friday Insights (23rd August)

The internet’s been a buzz with GCSE results over the past couple of days so this Friday we’re looking at what the education sector is saying about GCSEs, plus we’ll hear from our friends at Catch22 about the importance of lived experience in social enterprise.

Friday Insights

09/08/19

Friday Insights (9th August)

This Friday, we’ve got some highlights from Jon Yates’ Twitter tell-all, and an exciting update from project partner alumni Generation Change.

Blog, Jobs

06/08/19

Hiring: Operations Manager

We recognise that with great ambition comes the need for great people and, as Big Change’s ambition has grown, so has its scope of operations. We’re now in need of an experienced Operations Manager to help ensure the smooth and efficient running of the organisation.

Friday Insights

02/08/19

Friday Insights (2nd August)

This week’s Friday insight will focus on the Disadvantage Gap research released by the Education Policy Institute, as it featured quite heavily in education and learning headlines this week. The findings have implications for everything from post 16 destinations to school spend and are worth reading in full. It also revealed that, for the first time in nearly a decade, the GCSE attainment gap between those of more advantaged and less advantaged backgrounds has stopped narrowing.

Friday Insights

19/07/19

Friday Insights (19th July)

This week, project partner alumni RECLAIM is leading a dialogue on the damage of ‘poshsplaining’, DfE reports back on progress in reducing teacher workload, and Caitlin shares a cool case study featuring an innovative new 2-year college in Portland, Oregon.

Friday Insights, Project Partners

05/07/19

EasyPeasy LEGO

EasyPeasy has officially launched their partnership with LEGO, and hosted Damian Hinds at Dunraven Primary School in South London as part of the launch of the DfE’s new early years and home learning campaign, Hungry Little Minds.

Project Partners

28/06/19

Much more than 50 things to learn in Bradford

Meet the people behind 50 Things To Do Before You’re Five in Bradford. Big Change visited to learn what they’ve been doing before their own 5th birthday!

Friday Insights

21/06/19

‘Welcome Sesame’ – Friday Insights (21 Jun)

In a week occupied by Big Change’s current project finding process in full swing and loads of the media space being dedicated to the next Prime Minister race – Here’s what caught our attention.

Reimagining Education

21/06/19

Courageous Leadership for Long-Term Change: New Zealand’s Education Conversation

Open, transparent and generous leadership was a key attribute of the change pioneers we met through Reimagining Education Together.

Friday Insights

14/06/19

Friday Insights (14 June)

In this week’s Friday insights we’re looking at Ofsted changes, sharing learning from Collaborate CIC, LGBTQ+ activists and parents of transgender students.

Events, Reimagining Education

10/06/19

“You can’t win learning” – Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek says: “You can’t win learning”. Tom Kenyon reflects on our inspiring conversation with Sinek all about education as an infinite game.

Friday Insights

07/06/19

Friday Insights (7 Jun)

Friday Insights is back after a lovely holiday! This week: The Challenge‘s social integration report, EdSurge report on meeting the needs of all learners, plus how donors we should (or shouldn’t) spend philanthropic funds.

Reimagining Education

06/06/19

Education pioneers play an infinite game

Best-selling author and friend of Big Change, Simon Sinek’s Infinite Game framework shows similar parallels to the traits in pioneers reimagining education together.

Focus Areas, Project Partners

31/05/19

What 9 year olds taught a communications manager about communication

“This is the other thing I’ve learnt already – oracy isn’t just about building loud speakers it’s about building confident, self-aware speakers.” Big Change communications manager, Zoe, attended the launch of the Oracy APPG at Westminster. Find out what 9 years olds from School 21 taught her about communication.

Reimagining Education

20/05/19

7 Characteristics of Successful Change: Representative Alliance

Representative alliance: Pioneers reimagining education don’t work alone. They make change happen by forging alliances with different stakeholders, like Remake Learning did.

Reimagining Education

13/05/19

7 Characteristics of Successful Change: Unifying Mission

Unifying mission is the first in seven characteristics of change that we identified among the pioneers reimagining education. Tom Kenyon dives into each every week.

Friday Insights

10/05/19

Timpson Review & Teachers – Friday Insights (10 May)

The Timpson review on exclusions is out, inequality manifests itself in surprising ways at school, and it’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Friday Insights from the education sector from our Impact Manager, Caitlin.

Blog

03/05/19

“Children Represent Hope” – Lord Jim Knight interviews Esther Wojcicki

What’s the trick to putting the human element at the centre of parenting and learning? Esther Wojicicki, ‘the godmother of Silicon Valley’, says it’s Trust, Respect, Independent, Collaboration, and Kindness.

Friday Insights

03/05/19

The Power of Parents – Friday Insights (3 May)

Social mobility, parental engagement and maternal mental health are our Friday insights from the sector.

Reimagining Education

02/05/19

5 Key Lessons from Reimagining Education

Five key lessons in Reimagining Education Together that we’ve learned from teachers, parents, business leaders, academics, students and NGOs.

Blog

26/04/19

Girls Just Wanna Have Fundamental Equity -Friday Insights (26 Apr)

Friday Insights from the sector: New research from Impetus, Blagrave Trust on shifting power dynamics in funding, and girls just wanna…be able to do all the things that boys do.

Jobs

17/04/19

Hiring: Partnerships Director

Big Change are looking for an experienced, creative and ambitious […]

Project Partners

02/04/19

Making A Difference – By Big Changer, James Burton

Since September 2016 I’ve been an active supporter of Big […]

Focus Areas

01/04/19

Our 2019 Focus Areas for Big Change

Big Change have hit a very exciting milestone! Our quest […]

Focus Areas

28/03/19

Backing teacher and leader agency – A 2019 focus area

Teacher and leader agency has the power to change our […]

Focus Areas

28/03/19

Expanding inclusion as strength – A 2019 focus area

Big Change believe in Inclusion as Strength – so much […]

Focus Areas

28/03/19

Supporting early development – A 2019 focus area

Introducing Early Development – one of our three 2019 focus […]

Friday Insights

08/03/19

Friday insights round-up (8 Mar)

This week’s Friday insights round-up falls on International Women’s Day, […]

Project Partners

08/03/19

The women making big change

On International Women’s Day 2019, we’re celebrating some of the […]

Friday Insights

01/03/19

Friday insights round-up (1 Mar)

Welcome to Friday, and to the beginning of March! This […]

Project Partners

28/02/19

Lessons from Anna Freud Centre and St Edmunds (IncludED conference)

The Difference formally launched their teacher leadership programme in exclusion […]

Reimagining Education

27/02/19

Learning from Andreas Schleicher

In January, Big Change managing director, Essie North was invited […]

Friday Insights

22/02/19

Friday insights round-up (22 Feb)

In this week’s Friday insights round-up, the results from the […]

Project Partners

19/02/19

Abuse, Loss, Trauma, Attachment and Resilience (IncludED conference)

Big Change attended The Difference’s first IncludED conference in January, at […]

Friday Insights

15/02/19

Friday insights round-up (15 Feb)

Welcome to this week’s Friday insights round-up where Big Change […]

Project Partners

11/02/19

Factors increasing exclusion risk (IncludED conference)

At The Difference’s first IncludED conference in January, at which […]

Friday Insights

08/02/19

Friday insights round-up (8 Feb)

Impact Manager, Caitlin, has some interesting policy developments in this […]

Friday Insights

01/02/19

Friday insights round-up (1 Feb)

Happy Friday everyone! There’s lots of exciting insights from the […]

Project Partners

25/01/19

The Difference Launch IncludED

The Difference joined the Big Change project family as part […]

Friday Insights

25/01/19

Friday insights round-up lite: spotlight on OECD trends report

This week our Impact Manager, Caitlin, has been attending the […]

Reimagining Education

24/01/19

Changing places: The pioneers reimagining education systems one city at a time

Over the last six months, Big Change has sought out pioneers of educational change all over the world to explore how change happens.

Friday Insights

18/01/19

Friday insights round-up (18 Jan)

Caitlin spent Saturday at our project partner The Difference’s first […]

Friday Insights

11/01/19

Friday insights round-up (11 Jan)

In this week’s Friday Insights Round-Up, Impact Manager Caitlin is […]

Friday Insights

04/01/19

Holiday insights round-up (4 Jan)

Congratulations everyone – we’ve all made it through the first […]

Friday Insights

07/12/18

Friday insights round-up (7 Dec)

It’s time for this week’s Friday insights round-up from Big […]

Friday Insights

30/11/18

Friday insights round-up (30 Nov)

This month we welcomed our new and fantastic Impact Manager, […]

Project Partners

26/11/18

Bounce Forward celebrate 10 years and 10,000 teachers

When Big Change first met Bounce Forward we knew them […]

Reimagining Education

31/10/18

Focusing on ethics in AI education

Stephen Hawking said that AI is going to be either […]

Blog

22/10/18

Wellbeing in Education

On Friday 19 October Big Change attended the Ultimate Wellbeing […]

Blog

05/10/18

World Teachers Day 2018

Today is World Teachers Day! We decided to ask some of […]

Focus Areas

25/09/18

Changing the Cycle for excluded children

The beginning of a new school year is already underway […]

Focus Areas

17/09/18

Why the early years matter more than you think

Big change happens when you address the root of a […]

Focus Areas

05/09/18

Teacher need big change

Most of us can recall our favourite teachers and how […]

Strive

30/08/18

Why we strive: the urgent need for big change

With the rise in mental health issues, gaps in academic […]

Strive

29/08/18

Richard Branson’s motivation for change

There’s no denying Richard Branson’s business success. Would you be […]

Big Change News

07/12/17

The Big Change 5 Year Review

5 years ago, Big Change started with six friends sitting around […]