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#morethanajob episodes

  • S1E18: Ian Mearns MP - Member of Education Select Committee

    Listen as we chat with Ian Mearns MP of the Commons Education Select Committee. 

    💥Thoughts on Sir Kevan's resignation

    💥Are the tutoring programmes reaching the right children?

    💥Is Labour's plan for education a fanciful wish list? 

    💥How is Labour going to pay for this fanciful wish list?

    💥What other priorities are the Commons Education Select Committee currently working on?

    💥How does the Commons Education Select Committee come to a consensus?

    💥Is the Commons Education Select Committee strong enough to hold the DfE to account?

    💥How should we reform the prison education system?

    💥What makes great school culture & ethos?

    💥What should we do to prevent teacher burnout?

    💥Is Steve Bruce the right man for Newcastle United?

    💥Thoughts on taking the knee and England cricketers on social media


    It is our absolute pleasure to welcome a special guest to the Morethanajob podcast. We are joined by Ian Mearns MP. Ian is the Labour MP for Gateshead having been first elected to Parliament in 2010. Ian has served on multiple Commos committees but has served as a member of the Commons Education Select Committee in successive parliaments. Ian’s passion for education also sees him serving as a Director of the Bishop Wilkinson Education Trust.

    44 min
  • S1E17: Ndidi Okezie CEO of UKYouth
    Join us for a fascinating episode with Ndidi Okezie the CEO of UKYouth who says there is still so much work to do when it comes to supporting our young people through their educational and life journey.
    This is such an insightful episode with some major topics tackled and discussed:
    💥 How is UKYouth going to ‘unlock’ the potential and skills of Youth Workers to fully support all of those invested in the development of young people?
    💥 The importance and power of opportunity & experience outside of the classroom and how it can unlock relationships between teachers and students
    💥 How did she react being told that people like her don’t do careers such as Drs, Lawyers & Accountants
    💥 Why did Ndidi feel like she didn’t belong at Warwick University & how much an impact did the fact that “…no-one looked like me” have on her?
    💥 Is there still institutional racism? 1 year on from George Floyd & 28 years since the Stephen Lawrence murder
    💥 Why does Ndidi now refuse to debate her life & lived experiences when talking to the media?
    💬 “All young people should be equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute.”
    💬“You cannot make a decision because of fear.”
    💬“We are not willing to stay in the moment of discomfort & discuss it.”
    💬“We’ve admired the problem for too long.”
    💬“Young people are watching our behaviour and listening to our narrative.”
    Ndidi is an advocate of system change, passionate about youth voice, social justice and building sustained opportunities for overlooked and underestimated communities. Ndidi is the CEO of UK Youth, a leading charity to ensure that all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. Prior to this Ndidi has served as Vice President for Pearson Education managing the Secondary Schools Portfolio, served on the DfE Youth Character Education Advisory Group and was an Executive Director of Teach First.
    45 min
  • S1E16: David Weston (TDT) 'Unleashing Great Teaching'
    Join us for an amazing episode in which David Weston discusses how we can Unleash Great Teaching on #Morethanajob podcast.
    💥How do we make more time for CPD?
    💥What is culture?
    💥What are the ingredients of good schools?
    💥Ideas to repurpose directed time
    💥What else should the govt. do to support professional development?
    💥How can an improvement of working conditions impact on student attainment?
    David is the founder and Chief Executive of the Teacher Development Trust. He is Chair of the Department for Education’s Teachers’ Professional Development Expert Group and, alongside Bridget Clay, wrote Unleashing Great Teaching: the secrets to the most effective teacher development. David taught maths and physics for ten years in two schools in London and the South East. He is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. David speaks and writes frequently for the education sector and national media and has had a number of radio and TV appearances on the subject of teaching, teacher development and LGBTQ+ issues.
    39 min
  • S1E15: Leadership with Andy Buck
    Join us for an amazing episode with Andy Buck the man who knows that 'Leadership Matters' and shares his wisdom on #Morethanajob podcast.
    What is more important - character or competence?
    What challenges do the media present to school leaders?
    Why should you always mind your Ps & Qs with Andy Buck?
    What does it mean to be psychologically safe?
    What makes a great school?
    Who told Andy Buck he was too cocky?
    A geography teacher by trade, Andy went on to become a headteacher for thirteen years at two schools in east London. In the last year of headship, his school was judged outstanding in all categories and Andy was designated a National Leader of Education. In 2009 he become a Director at the National College for School Leadership. He was subsequently responsible for setting up the government's flagship Teaching Schools programme before being appointed as Managing Director at United Learning, one of the country’s largest academy groups.
    Since 2014, Andy has founded Leadership Matters which aims to improve the educational outcomes for pupils by supporting great leadership development.  Andy has written seven leadership and coaching books, the most recent of which is ‘An Introduction to the BASIC coaching model’.
    48 min
  • S1E14: Running the Room with Tom Bennett
    Join us for an amazing episode with Behaviour Tsar Tom Bennett who not only 'runs the room' but joins us to run the podcast!!
    Incredibly insightful to learn about Tom's journey in education, discussing the controversial behaviour hubs, the success of ResearchEd and his expert advice on some behaviour scenarios including breaking up gang cultures. 
    Tom isn't afraid to give his opinion. Listen as he described Twitter as being similar to Prof X from X-Men, how much of teaching has been based on 'folk teaching', why he upset Game of Thrones fans and his favourite tastes in music!
    Tom is the founder and director of researchED, a non-profit organisation that runs teacher conferences about research and education. He is the author of several books on teacher training, the most successful of which is Running the Room: the teacher’s guide to behaviour. In 2015 he was appointed the UK government’s independent advisor on school behaviour, or ‘behaviour tsar,’ and is in charge of the Behaviour Hubs program.
    40 min
  • S1E13: PTSD with Police Interceptors star Ben Pearson (retired PC 1965)

    Join us for an amazing episode in which we talk to Police Interceptors star Ben Pearson (@bs_pearson) about his journey through education, being an interceptor and his struggles with PTSD and his campaign to tackle Mental Health in the police force. Ben is frank, honest and open in this latest episode of #Morethanajob. 

    Ben is a published author and you can read his book 'Handcuffed Emotions' to get even further insight into his journey or subscribe to his YouTube channel with over 1 MILLION views!

    47 min
  • S1E12: Diversity & Inclusivity in Education with Hannah Wilson (@Ethical_Leader)
    It is our absolute pleasure to welcome a Hannah Wilson (@Ethical_Leader) to the Morethanajob podcast. Hannah is the founder of the influential WomenEd and DiverseEd movements. Hannah is a DfE coach for the Women Leading in Education initiative and an advocate for flexible working. She specialises in: Diversity, Inclusion and Equality, Professional Learning, Early Career Teachers, Mental Health and Wellbeing.
    We discuss how we can ensure greater diversity in the education sector. Why is there a lack of diverse leaders in senior positions? Is there deep rooted institutional racism in the educational sector?
    40 min
  • S1E11: Jonathan Gullis MP - Member of the Education Select Committee
    Join us as we chat with Jonathan on his journey from the Classroom to the Commons. 
    *Jonathan calls for Mary Bousted & Kevin Courtney to resign or at least debate him on #Morethanajob
    *Is there a breakdown in respect in society?
    *Fundamental British Values
    *Are universities woke?
    *Banning mobile phones in schools
    *PGCEs & teacher training
    It is our absolute pleasure to welcome a very special guest to the Morethanajob podcast. We are joined by Jonathan Gullis MP. Jonathan was elected as the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke in 2019. Previously he worked as a secondary school teacher in Birmingham. Jonathan was a Head of Year and was responsible for the achievement, behaviour and safety of over 250 students. He oversaw whole school attendance for Years 7 to 11 and was also the school trade union representative for the NASUWT. As a member of the Education Select Committee Jonathan is focused on ensuring that we improve outcomes and chances for students.
    49 min
  • S1E10: Jess Phillips MP
    Jess Phillips has been Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. An outspoken critic of the Labour leadership under Jeremy Corbyn, she now sits on the front bench as the shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and safeguarding. Recently to coincide with International Women’s day and the high-profile murder of Sarah Everard, Jess read out the names of 118 women and girls who were killed where a man has been charged as primary perpetrator. Jess has run a campaign which saw children from Birmingham deliver a petition to Downing Street in protest at school cuts and her own father Stewart was a teacher.
    Join us as we discuss Jess' work as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence & Safeguarding, growing up as a daughter of a teacher, the protests at Parkfield School, Tom Bennett's behaviour hubs and her general views on education
    32 min
  • S1E9: Edward Timpson CBE MP - Review of School Exclusions
    It is our absolute pleasure to welcome a very special guest to the Morethanajob podcast. We are joined by Edward Timpson CBE MP. Edward was elected to Parliament in 2008 becoming the first Conservative to win a by-election since 1982, serving Crewe & Nantwich for 9 years and has since been MP for Eddisbury since 2019. Edward served as Under-Secretary of State for Children & Families from 2012-2015, becoming Minister of the year in 2014 for his commitment to reforms on the age of leaving foster care, which was raised to age 21.
    Edward then served at Minister of State for Children & Families for David Cameron & Theresa May. Edward was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Education to review school exclusions and published his findings in the extremely influential ‘Timpson Review of School Exclusion’ in May 2019.
    Join us as we discuss foster care, exclusions, behaviour management, how the DfE works from the inside, PE in schools and who is the greatest manager - Sir Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola!!
    50 min

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