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Short film on Religion, Values and Ethics developed in collaboration with BGU Doctor
The Revd Dr Tania ap Siôn was closely involved in the development and scripting of the film. -
BGU Carnival hosted to boost student wellbeing
Colleagues from The Hub and our Students’ Union joined together to host the BGU Carnival. -
Campus event hosted to celebrate Survey of Lincoln’s new publication
The event, on Saturday 30th November 2024, traced and celebrated the history of the city’s many fascinating school buildings, explored in the book. -
A response to Sir Martyn Oliver’s comments regarding flexi-schooling (5th December 2024)
Flexi-schooling – the practice where parents choose to home educate their children for part of the week – has come under scrutiny by Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty's Chief Inspector for OFSTED. He reported at an online briefing last week that he was not aware of the prevalence of this practice before taking the helm at the inspectorate earlier this year, and said that he is “very concerned” about it. Recent research (Griffin et al., 2025, in press) suggests that this practice is especially prevalent amongst children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and accepts that there are significant gaps in understanding rationales, organisation and outcomes of the arrangements for these children. Previous literature (Lawrence, 2012; Lawrence, 2016; Lawrence, 2017; Lawrence, 2018) has explored flexi-schooling as an option for parents of autistic children specifically. There remains considerable confusion around the circumstances of flexi-schooling. The Department for Education (DfE) guidance on the approach is issued through publication regarding elective home education, implying that flexi-schooling is typically sought where home educating children are introduced to an element of formal schooling to ‘ensure the provision in specific subjects is satisfactory’ (DfE 2019a). However, as a recent scoping review (Paxman, 2022) suggests, ‘this is but one scenario; the DfE does not describe situations where a child already enrolled in school is granted a flexi-schooling arrangement and where learning is predominantly school-based’ (p. 4). Mary Warnock, that great advocate for inclusion in education, conceded in 2004 that true inclusion in mainstream school for many children with SEN has not been possible and may rather result in a painful form of exclusion. Indeed, evidence shows that mainstream schooling is ‘failing to meet the needs of a great number of children with SEN’ (Paxman, 2022 p. 5). In deciding to flexi-school, parents may be making a desperate response to their child’s needs (Lawrence, 2018), articulated as a way to reduce their child’s distress, to support individual learning needs and to ensure that their child’s childhood is not wasted (Lawrence, 2018). There is, indeed, as Sir Oliver suggests, urgent and overdue need for scrutiny of flexi-schooling. There is also similar urgent and overdue need to address an education system in this country that leads parents to make this serious and difficult decision. -
Student teachers visit UK Parliament to explore parts of primary national curriculum
The intention of the trip was to develop our students understanding of teaching Fundamental British Values. -
Dr Ian Hardwick
Dr Ian Hardwick specialises in the archaeology of later prehistory and the Roman period in Britain, together with the study of past landscapes (of all periods). He has undertaken several research projects looking at interactions between the Roman Empire and the local people(s) of central and northern Britain, together with the impacts these relations had upon surrounding frontier landscapes. Having worked for English Heritage / Historic England and in commercial archaeology on a wide range of archaeological survey projects (particularly in aerial survey), he gained his PhD at the University of York researching the region-wide impacts of the northern frontier of Roman Britannia (from Yorkshire to southern Scotland). This was followed by work as a post-doctoral research assistant on the Leverhulme Trust-funded ‘Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain’ project at the University of Edinburgh, and his current role as lecturer in archaeology at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. His research interests include broader concepts of landscape, identity and frontier, together with how these themes interact (for Roman Britain and other empires of the ancient and more recent past). -
Local business generously donates appliances in support of students
Local construction company Shadow CSM have donated a variety of essential appliances to support our students. -
Senior Lecturer discusses autism and English in National Association for Teaching of English magazine
Dr Clare Lawrence, writes about alternative forms of communication in the classroom. -
Partner school of BGU features in local and national press for commitment to providing a safe place for pupils
St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy, who work in collaboration with student teachers at BGU, appeared on BBC Breakfast News. -
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