Chris Owen
@chr-owen.bsky.social
Experienced programme leader in education, SEND & AP across South-east, London & East. #Education #SESLIP. Views my own. Plus #LiveMusic #birding #cycling
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It's been a difficult time for our coast, with many marine pollution incidents in a row. Marine Conservation Officer, Sarah Ward, explains what we are calling for to hold those responsible to account.
https://f.mtr.cool/pieuharphy
📷© Jon Santa Cruz
https://f.mtr.cool/pieuharphy
📷© Jon Santa Cruz
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
It's been a difficult time for our coast, with many marine pollution incidents in a row. Marine Conservation Officer, Sarah Ward, explains what we are calling for to hold those responsible to account.
https://f.mtr.cool/pieuharphy
📷© Jon Santa Cruz
https://f.mtr.cool/pieuharphy
📷© Jon Santa Cruz
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Harry Styles kicks off 2026 with a bang - and with a boost to grassroots.
He’s the first artist this year to announce a major UK stadium tour with £1 from every ticket going to the LIVE Trust, directly supporting the UK’s grassroots venues.
📸 via Harry Styles
He’s the first artist this year to announce a major UK stadium tour with £1 from every ticket going to the LIVE Trust, directly supporting the UK’s grassroots venues.
📸 via Harry Styles
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Harry Styles kicks off 2026 with a bang - and with a boost to grassroots.
He’s the first artist this year to announce a major UK stadium tour with £1 from every ticket going to the LIVE Trust, directly supporting the UK’s grassroots venues.
📸 via Harry Styles
He’s the first artist this year to announce a major UK stadium tour with £1 from every ticket going to the LIVE Trust, directly supporting the UK’s grassroots venues.
📸 via Harry Styles
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'No one cycles in snow' - yes they do, but the council don't grit our cycle lanes!
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
'No one cycles in snow' - yes they do, but the council don't grit our cycle lanes!
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🚨 Tuesday Briefing - SEND
£200 million will be spent on a national inclusion training programme.
But what actually is it and how does it hope to change inclusion in our schools? 🧵
£200 million will be spent on a national inclusion training programme.
But what actually is it and how does it hope to change inclusion in our schools? 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 AM
🚨 Tuesday Briefing - SEND
£200 million will be spent on a national inclusion training programme.
But what actually is it and how does it hope to change inclusion in our schools? 🧵
£200 million will be spent on a national inclusion training programme.
But what actually is it and how does it hope to change inclusion in our schools? 🧵
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Our looksmaxxing call for evidence closes this Friday. We want to hear how social media and the manosphere is impacting boys and young men’s body image, health and identity.
Full details: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Anonymous form for young people: forms.office.com/e/unuvqrPz62
Full details: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Anonymous form for young people: forms.office.com/e/unuvqrPz62
Call for evidence deadline extended to 23 Jan
We’re seeking evidence about how social media algorithms and beauty trends affect boys’ and young men’s self-image. If you have personal or professional experience, please share and get in touch: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
We’re seeking evidence about how social media algorithms and beauty trends affect boys’ and young men’s self-image. If you have personal or professional experience, please share and get in touch: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Centre for Young Lives launches 'looksmaxxing' call for evidence | Centre for Young Lives | Call for Evidence
The Centre for Young Lives is beginning a new research project to explore ‘looksmaxxing’ - a growing internet subculture focused on maximising perceived physical attractiveness - and the impact of soc...
www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Our looksmaxxing call for evidence closes this Friday. We want to hear how social media and the manosphere is impacting boys and young men’s body image, health and identity.
Full details: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Anonymous form for young people: forms.office.com/e/unuvqrPz62
Full details: www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/...
Anonymous form for young people: forms.office.com/e/unuvqrPz62
Latest #Education update from #SESLIP: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
With @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @edupolicyinst.bsky.social @thedifferenceed.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social
With @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @edupolicyinst.bsky.social @thedifferenceed.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social
www.seslip.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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📹 Is it worth submitting a video of a close pass?
Footage can help, but context matters. Our latest blog explains how Operation SNAP works and why a short description can be as important as the video itself.
👉 Make your report count: cyclinguk.org/close-pass-footage
Footage can help, but context matters. Our latest blog explains how Operation SNAP works and why a short description can be as important as the video itself.
👉 Make your report count: cyclinguk.org/close-pass-footage
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
📹 Is it worth submitting a video of a close pass?
Footage can help, but context matters. Our latest blog explains how Operation SNAP works and why a short description can be as important as the video itself.
👉 Make your report count: cyclinguk.org/close-pass-footage
Footage can help, but context matters. Our latest blog explains how Operation SNAP works and why a short description can be as important as the video itself.
👉 Make your report count: cyclinguk.org/close-pass-footage
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Political leaders share latest with public on council shake up
Political leaders share latest with public on council shake up
Two council leaders made the case for their separate proposals for new unitary councils in a coming shake up when they addressed a public meeting in Saltdean last night (Wednesday 7 January). Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council have put forward different ideas as the government prepares to reorganise local government […]
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January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Political leaders share latest with public on council shake up
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End of year #Education update from SESLIP: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @ki.se @loicmnzs.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @suttontrust.bsky.social @theguardian.com
End of year #Education update from SESLIP: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @ki.se @loicmnzs.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @suttontrust.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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End of year #Education update from SESLIP: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @ki.se @loicmnzs.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @suttontrust.bsky.social @theguardian.com
End of year #Education update from SESLIP: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @ki.se @loicmnzs.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @suttontrust.bsky.social @theguardian.com
Excellent piece on cycling policy in England (or lack of nationally). Covers the range of challenges/ gaps.
@bricycles.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
@bricycles.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Cycling is changing at speed – but is Britain keeping pace?
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Excellent piece on cycling policy in England (or lack of nationally). Covers the range of challenges/ gaps.
@bricycles.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
@bricycles.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
This is well worth the read. Most thorough comparison of #SEND across countries I’ve read. @samfr.bsky.social @mmulholland.bsky.social
England is not alone in grappling with rising need, unsatisfactory support and spiralling costs in its SEND system.
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is well worth the read. Most thorough comparison of #SEND across countries I’ve read. @samfr.bsky.social @mmulholland.bsky.social
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England is not alone in grappling with rising need, unsatisfactory support and spiralling costs in its SEND system.
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
December 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
England is not alone in grappling with rising need, unsatisfactory support and spiralling costs in its SEND system.
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
But comparing countries shows that policy choices diverge in 7 important areas. Find out more here! 👀www.ces.partners
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The Devolution Priority Programme (DPP)
Six areas in England have been selected for the Devolution Priority Programme, putting them on a ‘fast-track’ to mayoral devolution and LGR. @meganisaac.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/expl...
Six areas in England have been selected for the Devolution Priority Programme, putting them on a ‘fast-track’ to mayoral devolution and LGR. @meganisaac.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/expl...
The Devolution Priority Programme (DPP) | Institute for Government
Six areas in England have been selected for the Devolution Priority Programme, putting them on a ‘fast-track’ to mayoral devolution and LGR.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Devolution Priority Programme (DPP)
Six areas in England have been selected for the Devolution Priority Programme, putting them on a ‘fast-track’ to mayoral devolution and LGR. @meganisaac.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/expl...
Six areas in England have been selected for the Devolution Priority Programme, putting them on a ‘fast-track’ to mayoral devolution and LGR. @meganisaac.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/expl...
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Would you like to see something both cute and Christmassy?
My friend Claire Tomlinson has made a short film about the local Wagtail roost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnfP...
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social
My friend Claire Tomlinson has made a short film about the local Wagtail roost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnfP...
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social
A Hundred Tails A-wagging
YouTube video by CTWildlife
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December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Would you like to see something both cute and Christmassy?
My friend Claire Tomlinson has made a short film about the local Wagtail roost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnfP...
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social
My friend Claire Tomlinson has made a short film about the local Wagtail roost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnfP...
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social
Very worth the read.
A top-down dynamic from central Govt has been fostered by this sense of a stuck loop too; rather than a local-central dialogue offering to ‘test & learn’, or offer early warnings of sclerosis.
A top-down dynamic from central Govt has been fostered by this sense of a stuck loop too; rather than a local-central dialogue offering to ‘test & learn’, or offer early warnings of sclerosis.
One for people working in government evaluation and analysis teams. Also research councils. 👇
How can we broaden our field of view to see and spread more promising alternatives?
How can we broaden our field of view to see and spread more promising alternatives?
What if government is stuck in a local maximum?
Today I'm publishing a new post exploring whether the evidence standards and control mechanisms we use in government are limiting us to a dangerously narrow field of view. If so, what could we do about that?
medium.com/@jamestplunk... 1/n
Today I'm publishing a new post exploring whether the evidence standards and control mechanisms we use in government are limiting us to a dangerously narrow field of view. If so, what could we do about that?
medium.com/@jamestplunk... 1/n
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Very worth the read.
A top-down dynamic from central Govt has been fostered by this sense of a stuck loop too; rather than a local-central dialogue offering to ‘test & learn’, or offer early warnings of sclerosis.
A top-down dynamic from central Govt has been fostered by this sense of a stuck loop too; rather than a local-central dialogue offering to ‘test & learn’, or offer early warnings of sclerosis.
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📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology
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"If the safeguarding principles of professional curiosity and challenge are lost to the white noise of such a zealot-like approach, we have truly lost our way." Hackney safeguarding chair Jim Gamble lambasts DfE's school behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett. chscp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"If the safeguarding principles of professional curiosity and challenge are lost to the white noise of such a zealot-like approach, we have truly lost our way." Hackney safeguarding chair Jim Gamble lambasts DfE's school behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett. chscp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
#Education update & news www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @theifs.bsky.social @thenfer.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @childrenscomm.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @bristoluni.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social @ofstednews.bsky.social
Items from: @theifs.bsky.social @thenfer.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @childrenscomm.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @bristoluni.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social @ofstednews.bsky.social
www.seslip.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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At most, 1.4% of pupils in mainstream independent schools have an EHCP
Pupils from mainstream independent schools make up 1% of local authority EHCP caseloads
These percentages have not changed in years
Pupils from mainstream independent schools make up 1% of local authority EHCP caseloads
These percentages have not changed in years
Tice: "One of the key issues here is these EHCPs [education, health and care plans], middle class parents playing the game in order to save the VAT on independent school fees."
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
At most, 1.4% of pupils in mainstream independent schools have an EHCP
Pupils from mainstream independent schools make up 1% of local authority EHCP caseloads
These percentages have not changed in years
Pupils from mainstream independent schools make up 1% of local authority EHCP caseloads
These percentages have not changed in years
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We are devastated to confirm that bio-bead pollution has reached Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We're working to assess the damage to the precious saltmarsh habitat and plan the clean-up.
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We are devastated to confirm that bio-bead pollution has reached Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. We're working to assess the damage to the precious saltmarsh habitat and plan the clean-up.
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
Full statement here: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bio-bead-pollution-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
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'A key issue is that requesters increasingly use AI tools like ChatGPT to generate requests. While this democratises access by giving people confidence to submit requests, it can overcomplicate the process'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/use-common-sense-to-deal-with-an-angry-ai-created-legal-request/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/use-common-sense-to-deal-with-an-angry-ai-created-legal-request/
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
'A key issue is that requesters increasingly use AI tools like ChatGPT to generate requests. While this democratises access by giving people confidence to submit requests, it can overcomplicate the process'
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/use-common-sense-to-deal-with-an-angry-ai-created-legal-request/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/use-common-sense-to-deal-with-an-angry-ai-created-legal-request/
Latest #education news & update: www.seslip.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Items from: @suttontrust.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @theguardian.com @tesmagazine.bsky.social @publicfirst.bsky.social @nferclassroom.bsky.social
Items from: @suttontrust.bsky.social @fftedudatalab.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @theguardian.com @tesmagazine.bsky.social @publicfirst.bsky.social @nferclassroom.bsky.social
www.seslip.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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🖇️ Read our full report revealing wide socio-economic inequalities in access to SEND support for more information on this important issue: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
Double Disadvantage? - The Sutton Trust
Uncovering inequalities in access to support within the SEND system.
www.suttontrust.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🖇️ Read our full report revealing wide socio-economic inequalities in access to SEND support for more information on this important issue: www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
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❗Exclusive: Soaring inflation, plunging rolls, staff absences and unfunded pay rises have left the future of scores of academy trusts in doubt as they scramble to plug multi-million-pound holes in their budgets
Our investigation 🔽
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-scho...
Our investigation 🔽
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-scho...
More standalone schools on the brink as deficits grow
Seventy-five trusts raised concerns about their ability to continue operating in 2023-24
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
❗Exclusive: Soaring inflation, plunging rolls, staff absences and unfunded pay rises have left the future of scores of academy trusts in doubt as they scramble to plug multi-million-pound holes in their budgets
Our investigation 🔽
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-scho...
Our investigation 🔽
schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-scho...