Selected Writing on Education

The education system is where we learn to write, but it is also where we write to learn.

The links on this page are to a selection of writing relating to the education sector and broader engagement with educational principles and philosophy.

DEFINING A UNIVERSITY OF RADICALS: EDUCATION IN THE MODERN AGE

“What is lost in the commercialisation of education and the language of division that permeates our discourse, is that sense of partnership, with dual-sided responsibility.  In fully embracing this universities, both academic and student bodies, can achieve something that I would define as ‘radical’.”

THE STORY OF A MODULE: HOW WE TEACH AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

“Let me tell you the story of a module, and as I do, let me take you on a journey into the world of an academic at the OU.”

The Greatest story ever told

“I inhabit the borderland between science, education and storytelling. Most of the time, these companions are well-behaved and don't poke sticks at each other. The last few weeks though, they have collided as I watched my university become a protagonist in its own drama.”

congratulations

“You have built a young person with great potential.  You have built that person to your own design and you are unique.  Exams are not the defining factor nor are they the only measure of that potential.”