S1E14 - #14 - Mia Liyanage on decolonising universities
The controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes is finally (slowly) falling at the University of Oxford, and Black Lives Matter protests have started or acce...
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." (Nelson Mandela) In this podcast, I speak to educators, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators to hear how their work makes education a force for social change. This will cover different stages of education and different geographies.
S1E13 - #13 - How Minerva reinvents undergraduate education
In this episode, I interview Robin Goldberg, the Chief Experience Officer of Minerva Schools at KGI. Minerva started as a project to rethink undergrad...
S1E12 - #12 Chris Edwards on building Green School Taranaki
In this episode, I interview Chris Edwards, the CEO of Green School Taranaki in New Zealand. Before starting this school in early 2020, Chris was head...
S1E11 - #11 Sandra Ricker on using edu tech in schools during Covid-19 and beyond
Sandra Ricker (on LinkedIn) is the Edu Tech Lead for Quinoa Education (webpage in German), a private school in Berlin that caters for disadvantaged ch...
S1E10 - #10 Lord Jim Knight on schooling during Covid-19 and beyond
In this episode, I am speaking to Lord Jim Knight (@LordJimKnight), the Chief Education Officer at Tes Global. He was Minister of State for Schools an...
S1E9 - #9 Prof James Tooley on low-cost private schools for the poor
James Tooley is Professor of Educational Entrepreneurship and Policy at the University of Buckinghamshire. His research work and other activities most...
S1E8 - #8 A conversation about Catalyst, an international youth programme about the war on drugs
Catalyst is an international programme for young people and their teachers that addresses the War on Drugs in the Americas. It combines several months...
S1E7 - #7: Gwyn Wansbrough on using arts and creativity to empower youth
Gwyn Wansbrough is the Executive Director of Partners for Youth Empowerment who work to bring more arts and creativity into all kinds of educational s...
S1E6 - #6: Ross Hall on weaving educational ecosystems for universal wellbeing
Ross Hall is a co-founder of the Weaving Lab where he works to enable communities to create local educational ecosystems that bring all the different ...
S1E5 - #5 Greg Jouriles on the Trial of Human Nature and other peak experiences for students
In this episode, I am speaking to Greg Jouriles who teaches at Hillsdale High in California. We speak about some of their inspiring simulations, which...