Claire talks to Jane and Michelle about the University of Bristol Hartcliffe and Withywood micro-campus. They discuss how the qualification was designed with and for the community, why this is important, its impact and their hopes for the future.

Claire and the Engaging the Black Radical Imagination Team talk about the project a year on. Hear more about the aims of the project, how the poem and film were made and what it means to the participants and the team behind it.

 

Claire met with Meg, from The RYSE at their Stroud youth space to talk about education and activism. Hear more about why the RYSE exists, the way they do things and how their work is linked to wider struggles for the future.

Claire sits down with Shabna Begum, CEO of the Runnymede Trust to talk about education. In Hackney (listen out for the Overground trains!) they discuss curriculum, reparatory justice and how the wider political climate impacts schools.

Charlotte Orpin-Wright shares her insights on educational disadvantage and the pupil premium. Informed by her career as a teacher and her work at the Educational Endowment Foundation, Charlotte shares some of the statistics around children in receipt of free school meals and the strategies that schools are using to support them.

Jodie Clarke and Claire discuss the experiences of neurodivergent pupils Claire and Jodie touch on autistic burnout, the harm that schools cause, parental experiences and the challenges in navigating the system.

Current classroom teacher, Lauren Mittell, speaks to Claire about educational justice. Lauren shares her insights from teaching and her wider work in Southend-on-Sea. She explains how conversations about justice can be integrated into classrooms and why this is essential.

Liz Kombaté reflects on her Primary, Secondary and Higher Education experiences as a Black student Claire and Liz discuss Liz's education experiences and how they have shaped her work today as an EDI lead for Bath Mind. They touch on representation, tokenism, curriculum and more.

Claire talks to Curtis Worrell, founder of Class 13 about his vision for education. Curtis talks about challenging deficit narratives, the need for a new approach to working with young people and how we can inject some humanity back into the system. This episode was recorded in person, in Brixton, ahead of the launch of the Class 13 report 'An Argument for Possibility'.

Keziah Featherstone, a former Bristol headteacher, reflects on her time as a school leader in the city.