Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward

Economics and Education Studies

Undergraduate Education Studies began life as the theory for teacher education in the BEd degrees of the 1960s and ‘70s. The new degrees were to be delivered by the teacher-training colleges which had been offering two- and three-year non-graduate teaching certificates. The validating universities which awarded the degrees insisted on…

A Climate Change Companion: For family, school and community, by David Hicks

Many undergraduate Education Studies programmes include bio-ecological dimensions: making the world a better place for future generations. Climate change is a key feature and there is a need for students to have a breadth of understanding in the subject to inform their studies and to equip them to be part…

Index on Censorship: The voice of free expression, Volume 44.02

Index on Censorship is an organisation campaigning for freedom of expression and against censorship in politics, culture and the media. Its journal is published four times per year. The edition for Summer 2015 is of interest to us because it includes a ‘Special Report’ on academic freedom in universities, entitled…