The Clem & Em podcast

There are mountains of lateral flow tests to do, but most importantly the kids are back! With almost 110 days away from face-to-face teaching what new challenges have emerged on their return, and what strategies are teachers putting in place to help?

Also this episode, Alfie Payne the businessman who employs 7 people, running a company with international clients... at the tender age of 18 - how did school prepare him for the daunting task? 

Ahhh the distant sound of jingle-bells but the long hard slog to half-term - it must be November!

From support bubbles bursting to rainbow lounge-pants zoom calls - how is your lockdown going? With over 55 years of experience in education Ros Wilson joins the gang to help put things in perspective.

After a socially distanced lockdown lack of wine pause they're back and looking forward to September! From levelling with the kids about Covid and #BLM, and coming to terms with caution tape and facemask chic -- what will YOU doing differently when schools re-open to full classroom teaching?

We're talking leadership in the this episode -- good leadership, bad leadership, and how bad could be made good with pearls of wisdom from Andy Buck and Mary Myatt.

Poignant, funny, thought-provoking, at times terribly sad but with an uplifting positive look to the future.

The Queen of comedy Janey Godley joins the gang -- from her horrific Glaswegian childhood to international success, a masterclass in social mobility from the social media ninja with a wee knack for obliterating twitter trolls!

Three more weeks. Three more miserable weeks! If your new lockdown conversational Swedish learning needs a break, allow the The Times columnist Hugo Rifkind, The I Paper's Benjamin Butterworth and Euronews' Hadley Stewart reflect on how lockdown is driving them crazy. Oh and the story about Clemmie, Gary Barlow & Wallace and Gromit.

And we're coining a new word -- 'judginess'.

With a guidance vacuum and unhelpful speculation, what can school leaders do to help define the 'new normal'?

Relentless optimist Nick Heard and entrepreneur Andrew 'Bernie' Bernard join the gang for a virtual group-hug.

From emergency haircuts to slumming it corona commando style, we're fighting back the boredom of #UKlockdown with Adrian Bethune, Karen Edge and a mystery special guest!

Ok ok it's Vic Goddard!

And check out the illustrated cover from @rebeccavosborne!!!

We're hiding in our bolt-holes, eating pot-noodles, and wondering if we'll ever get to analyse exam data again.

Dodgy parent encounters, the child who brought their mother's err.. 'favourite toy' to show and tell, and both Clem & Em fan-girling this week's special guest -- Paralympic silver medallist, writer, speaker, changemaker and all around inspirational awesome human being Elizabeth Wright!

From the teachers who helped her reach the top, to advice for those needing help to enhance the learning experiences of children with disabilities.

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On this edition of the Clem & Em podcast we look at social mobility with global leader in the field.

Spiky hair and hooped earrings or confiscated LEGO? It's not easy to pin down the moment Professor Lee Elliot Major decided to dedicate his work to improving the prospects of disadvantaged young people.

Lee is the country’s first Professor of Social Mobility, appointed by the University of Exeter, and focused on the impact and dissemination of research, working closely with schools, universities, employers and policy makers.

He plays a mean guitar too!