Media
Think Global receives regular media coverage, especially in the education media. The most recent coverage, and press releases, are featured here.
For media enquiries, please contact Think Global's Head of Communication on 020 7922 7938.
Recent coverage
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Think Global's teacher poll in the Guardian Teacher Network's weekly research round up
April 2013
Guardian
Each week the Guardian Teacher Network covers some of the new research reports in education. The second news item in this edition gives a summary of Think Global's 2013 teacher poll.
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Two in three teachers say students ill-equipped for global economy
April 2013
Education Magazine
Coverage of Think Global's 2013 Teacher Polling research.
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Two in three teachers say students ill-equipped for global economy
April 2013
Education Today
Covering Think Global's 2013 teacher poll.
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How to teach... the economy
The GuardianThe Global Skills Gap report produced by Think Global and the British Council is covered in this Guardian article aimed at teachers wanting to cover the economy in class.
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Why global awareness matters to schools
The GuardianSchools are increasingly finding ways to help students develop as global citizens. In this article Think Global CEO, Tom Franklin, and Impington Village College principal Robert Campbell consider the benefits.
The article also highlights evidence from an ICM survey of UK business leaders carried out for a report by the British Council and Think Global - The Global Skills Gap: preparing young people for the global economy.
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Baroness will live below the breadline
Cornish GuardianA CORNISH baroness is to try to live on just £1 per day next week.
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Jolly of Congdon's Shop, between Launceston and Callington, is preparing to take part in a charitable challenge and survive on just £1 a day for all food and drink for five days from Monday.
She will be joined by a cross-party group of fellow parliamentarians and celebrities. They will be raising awareness for the 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty and who must survive on £1 for everything including clothes, education, health and food.
The global campaign, Live Below the Line, raises funds for charities such as Think Global, an education charity providing help for schools and supporting educators to teach about global issues.
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TWIGG TO LIVE ON £1 PER DAY
Liverpool EchoA LIVERPOOL MP will take part in a charitable challenge to live on pounds 1 a day for all food and drink in May.
West Derby's Stephen Twigg will be joined by fellow Parliamentarians raising awareness about those living in extreme poverty for the Live Below The Line campaign.
He will also raise money for the Think Global charity.
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Research shows that employers prize ‘global fluency’ above degrees and A levels.
SecEdOn p.12 Tom considers why it may be that 93% of businesses think it is important for schools to help young people to think globally and why they say knowledge and awareness of the wider world is important than degree subject and classification or A level results.
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How to teach … New Year planners
Guardian EducationGuardian Teacher Network features global wall planners and other resources to help teach pupils about calendars and to plan the year ahead including our Global Wall Planner.
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Youngsters 'not ready for work'
The GuardianBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy - putting the UK at risk of being left behind by emerging nations such as China and India, research suggests.
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UK students 'failing to think globally'
Student TimesUK students are failing to think globally when considering their future careers and are therefore being left behind in business, the latest Think Global study suggests.
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UK in danger of falling behind India, China & Brazil: Study
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UK insularity may push it behind India, China: Research
The Times of IndiaUnless Britain encourages its students to think more globally, they will not be able to meet demands of global business...
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UK students lack global outlook,
BBCBusiness leaders are warning that students in the UK are lagging behind in developing an international outlook needed for a globalised economy.
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Britain's Youth 'Being Left Behind By China And India'
Huffington PostBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy - putting the UK at risk of being left behind by emerging nations such as China and India, research suggests.
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Youngsters 'not ready for work'
Daily Mirror
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UK YOUNGSTERS 'DON'T THINK GLOBAL
Press AssociationBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy - putting the UK at risk of being left behind by emerging nations such as China and India, research suggests.
Three quarters of business leaders (74%) are worried that many young people do not have broad enough horizons to work in a globalised and multicultural economy, according to a study by the British Council and Think Global.
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Youngsters not ready for work
The Evening StandardBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...
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Youngsters not ready for work
The PeopleBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...
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Youngsters not ready for work
The Daily StarBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...
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Youngsters not ready for work
Daily ExpressBritain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...
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Tom Franklin, chief executive, Think Global
Third SectorThe education charity Think Global has appointed Tom Franklin as its new chief executive.
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Ramblers CEO joins Think Global
Community ChannelThe chief executive of the Ramblers' Association is to join education charity Think Global.
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Global Learners, Global Schools
September
NAHT Leadership Magazine
In this special ‘global issue’ of NAHT’s Leadership magazine, Hetan sets the scene (p3) around why global learning is increasingly important in schools. The issue covers:
- The challenges for schools in an increasingly globalised world
- Frameworks and models for global learning
- Developing cultural understanding
- School leaders’ journeys on the road to global schools
- The issue of fundraising inschools
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Making Sense of Child Labour
Hodder Expert BlogAde considers the facts around child labour and suggests some approaches for discussion in the class room.
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HIV and AIDS education: from local to global
Hodder Expert BlogAde looks into the complexities of teaching about HIV and AIDS.
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What’s water got to do with it?
Hodder Expert BlogAde blogs about using water as a way into teaching about global issues in the classroom.
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Planners aplenty
TES MagazineTES reminds readers to get their copy of the Global Wallplanner that follows the school year and which has been produced by Think Global and the British Council.
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Global Themes
The Source MagazineTough global issues concern youth delegation in London.
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Hugh Jackman challenges Sun readers to live on £1 a day
The SunX-MEN star Hugh Jackman fronts a campaign to raise awareness and funds to help the 1.4billion people worldwide who live in poverty. Here he explains why Live Below the Line is important to him.
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Hugh Jackman backing new campaign asking people to live on £1 a day
Press AssociationHugh Jackman is backing a new campaign asking people to try and live on £1 a day, but admits he is not taking the challenge up himself.
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The Sustainable Schools Alliance
March 2011
Children and Young People Now Magazine
NCB, Sustainability and Environment Education (SEEd) and Think Global come together as the Sustainable Schools Alliance (SSA) to launch on 29 March with cross-department ministerial support.
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Schools are the ideal place to debate 'Britishness'. So why water down their duty to forge community cohesion?
March 2011
TES
Think Global Ambassador, Sir Keith Ajegbo, considers the removal of Ofsted's responsibility for checking community cohesion. He sites the Ipsos Mori poll for Think Global which indicates that only 47 per cent of white students think it is a good idea to have people of different backgrounds living in the same country together.
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Parents have pessimistic view of Britain's future
March 2011
Parent and Teacher Magazine
The YouGov survey of parents with children under the age of 18 commissioned by the education charity, Think Global, shows that parents are pessimistic about their children's world in 2050. Parents are also clear that they want their children schooled to respond to the problems they envisage.
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Nudge, think or shove
March 2011
Food Ethics
In this is issue, contributors including public health and sustainability experts assess the government’s moves to ‘nudge’ the public towards healthier and greener lives. On p.16 Hetan looks at the merits of 'nudge', 'think' and 'shove'.
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Teach the world
Leader MagazineLeader is the magazine of the Association of School and College Leaders. The February issue covers Think Global and tools it has to help schools to examine world poverty, climate change, sustainability and other matters.
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Letter responding to Telegraph story, Where our overseas aid goes’
January
Sunday Telegraph
Dear Sir,
In response to the story ,‘Where our overseas aid goes’ 17 January it is important to remember that UK people, through their generosity, can make a bigger difference than the UK government can. We can look at the public's response to Haiti or consider that remittances to poor countries are bigger than the aid budget and that fairtrade purchases are a growing share of the economy. Therefore it is economically efficient for the government to spend a small proportion of its budget on educating the public about development issues in order to galvanise them to do something about it themselves. Furthermore, recent research on public attitudes shows that learning about global issues is positive for society in the UK too. The study found that amongst the population as a whole 20 per cent are not interested in any form of positive social action. However, amongst those who learnt about climate change, poverty or world politics and trade at school, that percentage halved.
Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, Think Global - the Development Education Association
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Big-name charities offer guidelines on schools fundraising
Third Sector MagazineAdvice for charities from Christian Aid, DEA, Oxfam and the British Red Cross
A set of educational guidelines for fundraising in schools has been produced by high-profile charities, including Oxfam, the British Red Cross, Christian Aid and the DEA.
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Learning for a change
Food Ethics MagazineHetan discusses how learning about food can contribute to education for sustainable development and wider consideration of our relationship to the food system.
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Going global
September 2010
Award – AQA’s magazine for teachers
The DEA Chief Executive Hetan Shah explains how it is pushing the global learning agenda to the fore.
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Using scientific enquiry to make sense of global challenges
September
School Science Review
The science underlying global issues such as climate change often loses out to political opinions and distortions. Science teachers have a unique and very important role. Science teachers can use global-learning approaches to encourage learners to develop skills in scientific enquiry and critical analysis of scientific issues. In this article, DEA's Max Hogg considers the benefits that this approach can bring.
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Global Learning: How can education promote a just and sustainable world?
August
Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2010
See p.250
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Critical thinking in the context of global learning
August
Teaching Today
p.25
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Hetan writes about why global learning matters, and how to embed it in your school
August
The Leadership News
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Sustainable schools and global learning
June 2010
IQ Education Magazine
On p12 Hetan writes an introduction to Sustainable Schools and Global Learning.
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DEA's Kate Brown discusses school links, fundraising and global learning
Conference & Common RoomThis term's issue of the independent school magazine Conference & Common Room includes an article by Kate Brown, Schools Programme Manager It discusses school links, fundraising and global learning.
To read it online, see p. 16 for her article: Conference & Common Room online issue.
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OVER 200 CHARITIES AND SCHOOLS LAUNCH GLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER
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CHARTER FOR GLOBAL LEARNING
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200 ORGANISATIONS BACK GLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER
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Nottingham Trent University signs DEA global learning charter
NOTTINGHAM Trent University has become the first in the county to sign the Development Education Association's global learning charter.
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Benefits of Global Learning article
February 2910
SecEd
SecEd, the weekly magazine for secondary schools, carried an article by Kate Brown, DEA's Schools Programme Manager, in the 4th February issue.
The article looks at the benefits of global learning for pupils, teachers and schools and suggests a number of ways to get started.
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DEA's Chief Executive Hetan Shah considers Global Learning and Community Cohesion
Who Do We Think We Are?In this article Hetan considers how Who Do We Think We Are? Week helps schools fulfil their duty to promote community cohesion.
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DEA: More support for teachers dealing with racism
November 2009
BBC
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Media coverage of DEA's cohesion fringe at Labour
Children and Young People NowThe Minister for Community Cohesion, Shahid Malik MP, agreed that the parental choice agenda can increase division during a DEA fringe event at Labour Party Conference, a children's and youth work magazine has reported.
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DEA letter in The Times
The TimesDEA has had a letter published in The Times arguing for the importance of global learning.
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Profile of DEA's Youth Programme Manager, Sarah Williams
1 September 2009
Youth Work Now
Sarah Williams discusses working in the youth sector and her enjoyment of showing people how exciting it can be when young people take action to change the world.
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Leadership for Global Learning
19 August 2009
Teaching Times
In this article for School Leadership Today, part of Teaching Times, the DEA's Helen Young looks at the implications for vision, context and culture in our schools if global learning is to become a reality.
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Schools Failing Pupils for Global Future: One Third of Teachers
20 March 2009
DEA Press Release
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Hetan Shah on global citizenship education
March 2009
Association for Citizenship Teaching magazine.
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DEA and Ipsos MORI research into global learning
March 2009
NUT's Education Review
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Katine schools competition: and the winner is...
14 February 2009
The Guardian
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Peace teachings on Gaza
30 January 2009
Times Educational Supplement
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Going Global
January 2009
Breaktime Magazine
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Never too young to learn that racism is wrong, experts insist
21 November 2008
Times Educational Supplement
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Educating a new generation for change
November 2008
Social Enterprise Magazine
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Katine school journalism competition
18 October 2008
The Guardian
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Playing soldiers just got serious
17 October 2008
Times Educational Supplement
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Project to boost global awareness
October 2008
Youth Work Now
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Global learning
October 2008
Teaching Today Magazine
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Going global
17 September 2008
Progress Magazine
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Do not blame schools for pupils' intolerance'
4 September 2008
Sec Ed
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Slavery Lessons from September
4 September 2008
Teaching Times
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Slavery history lessons to be compulsory
4 September 2008
Guardian
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All pupils to learn about slavery
4 September 2008
BBC website
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Schools May Fail On Community Cohesion Duty
31 August 2008
DEA Press Release
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Children snub pluralism
31 August 2008
The Observer
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Slave trade guidance
29 August 2008
Times Education Supplement
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Charity Calls For Better Slavery Teaching Support
26 August 2008
DEA Press Release
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The Times Public Agenda
8 July 2008
Page 2 trail ‘teenagers are "globally illiterate"'
Page 3 ‘Little Englanders will fail'
Click here to read the article
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Children's world ‘too small'
5 July 2008
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
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Call for better 'global literacy'
4 July 2008
BBC website
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Interview with Rob Unwin, Development Education Centre South Yorkshire about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
4 July 2008
Hallam FM
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Interview with Lesley MacKay, Brudenell Primary School, Leeds about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
4 July 2008
Real Radio Leeds
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BBC Coventry and Warwick Radio
4 July 2008
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Hull Daily Mail
4 July 2008
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UK education ‘not preparing children for wider world'
4 July 2008
Birmingham Post
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Yorkshire Post
4 July 2008
‘Racist shame of pupils revealed after 7/7 attack'
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Racist-shame-of-pupils-revealed.4256755.jp
‘Schools working on global issues'
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Schools-working-on-global-issues.4256748.jp
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Interview with Hetan Shah, DEA Chief Executive, and Anne Swift, Headteacher, Gladstone Road Infant School, Scarborough about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
4 July 2008
Sunrise Radio
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Independent Radio News
4 July 2008
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Times Education Supplement
4 July 2008
Page 2 trail - ‘It's a small world'
Page 10 - ‘Pupils ‘should discuss world events more'' http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2644167
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Call for better 'global literacy'
4 July 2008
BBC Radio Five Live
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Pupils are 'globally illiterate', warns charity
4 July 2008
The Guardian
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What in the world are they learning?
4 July 2008
The Metro
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/climatewatch/article.html?in_article_id=203211&in_page_id=59&in_a_source=
The Metro website - ‘Our children are ‘globally illiterate''
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=203372&in_page_id=34
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The Telegraph
4 July 2008
Page 6 - ‘Blind to the world'
Web - ‘Schools leaving children 'globally illiterate''
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2240808/Schools-leaving-children-'globally-illiterate'.html
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New Research Shows English Education Leaves 1 in 5 Globally Illiterate
26 June 2008
DEA Press Release
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PM back call for emphasis on global learning
19 June 2008
Sec Ed magazine
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DEA/ DFID ‘Think Global' supplement
29 April 2008
The Guardian
