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“Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work.” A piece everyone should read by Oxford University psychologist, Lucy Foulkes theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Everyday cancellation in publishing - report out now! 👉 sex-matters.org/everyday-cance…

1/ Anne Fine OBE, author and second Children’s Laureate, endorses Everyday Cancellation in publishing

Kathleen Stock Do read our latest paper examine the huge rise of diagnoses of mental disorders in children and young adults and how the therapeutic industry is encouraging the pathologising of normal human emotions. With foreword by Claire Fox familyeducationtrust.org.uk/research/suffe…

This is absurd. The vast majority of children can sit an exam with others, and the main reason why so many now think that we can't is because we tell them they can't. Adults need to teach children that they *can* cope, because when we don't, we create children who believe they

"There is an idea that everyone thinks the same thing. You are not allowed to deviate from that. If you do you are cast out... you can't stress test ideas in society." Matilda Gosling on the SEEN in Publishing Sex Matters research. Josh Howie GB News

“The Equality Act is supposed to apply to people with ‘protected characteristics’. But everyone has a sex and everyone has a race. What’s it’s really about is certain groups being preferred: that’s what we call ‘two-tier’.” Alka Sehgal Cuthbert on the Sceptic. Full episode👇

‘battalions of school-based therapists — many of whom are likely to be unqualified or still in training — are not curing childhood malaise but cultivating it.’ Latest thecritic.co.uk/children-shoul…

Sex Matters has published its response to the EHRC consultation. The Code of Practice must follow the law. sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

I wrote about SEEN in Publishing 's Everyday Cancellation report and those who bully in the name of 'kindness' thecritic.co.uk/being-a-book-p…

Scottish arts has fallen further into the loony bin with its 'Justice for Babies' movement (really). Starcatchers the performing company who are supposed to be making shows for babies are more concerned with ensuring 'their rights are upheld' than making great art. They are

The education about slavery has grown in schools over the last decade and appears to be one of those issues that is focused on, in large part because it is a way of criticising Britain and the West. bit.ly/sue123news Stuart Waiton Don't Divide Us The Equiano Project

A new report published by the Family Education Trust, Suffer the Children: Why having a ‘mental health professional’ in every school is not the answer, by Lucy Beney, offers a bold and timely challenge to the growing consensus around school-based mental health interventions.

Three problems with The Equality Act: 1) litigation is becoming the go-to way of dealing with workplace complaints, rather than the last resort. 2) Our legal credibility comes to rest on what protected characteristic we claim (not all are equally culturally validated) 3) It has

At a time when power and authority are almost always treated with suspicion, we need to be more sophisticated and balanced about our understanding of the genuinely liberal and progressive tradition that Britain was historically, and hopefully in the future, will be at the centre

Important that education professionals have a sophisticated & nuanced understanding of the complexities involved

‼️The government's proposed definition of Islamophobia risks exacerbating problems by encouraging censorship and identity-based grievance. ‼️ Read our joint open letter, alongside faith and secular groups, opposing this anti-free speech proposal. open.substack.com/pub/theequiano…

The UK Government's proposed definition of 'Islamophobia' will be divisive and stifle free speech. We have reprinted the Open Letter. The Equiano Project Don't Divide Us The Free Speech Union National Secular Society Christian Concern Network of Sikh Orgs Scottish Union for Education (SUE) Muslims Against Antisemitism (MAAS) Student Academics For Academic Freedom afaf.org.uk/an-open-letter…

We are amongst the signatories to this joint open letter on 'Islamophobia': 'We, organisations from across the moral, political and ideological spectrum, including faith groups and secular organisations, write to express serious concern about the UK Government’s ongoing efforts

Watch my interview with Prof Moss about the crisis in our universities! Academics For Academic Freedom Student Academics For Academic Freedom Common Knowledge Edinburgh Scottish Union for Education (SUE)