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

• Baroness will live below the breadline
  Cornish Guardian

  A 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.

  
  

• TWIGG TO LIVE ON £1 PER DAY
  Liverpool Echo

  A 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.

  
  

• Research shows that employers prize ‘global fluency’ above degrees and A levels.
  SecEd

  On 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.

  
  

• How to teach … New Year planners
  Guardian Education

  Guardian 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.

  
  

• Youngsters 'not ready for work'
  The Guardian

  Britain'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.

  
  

• UK students 'failing to think globally'
  Student Times

  UK 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.

  
  

• UK in danger of falling behind India, China & Brazil: Study
  Economic Times

• UK insularity may push it behind India, China: Research
  The Times of India

   Unless Britain encourages its students to think more globally, they will not be able to meet demands of global business...

  
  

• UK students lack global outlook,
  BBC

  Business leaders are warning that students in the UK are lagging behind in developing an international outlook needed for a globalised economy.

  
  

• Britain's Youth 'Being Left Behind By China And India'
  Huffington Post

  Britain'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.

  
  

• Youngsters 'not ready for work'
  Daily Mirror

  Britain'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.

  
  

• UK YOUNGSTERS 'DON'T THINK GLOBAL
  Press Association

  Britain'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.

  
  

• Youngsters not ready for work
  The Evening Standard

  Britain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...

  
  

• Youngsters not ready for work
  The People

  Britain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...

  
  

• Youngsters not ready for work
  The Daily Star

  Britain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...

  
  

• Youngsters not ready for work
  Daily Express

  Britain's youngsters are not fully prepared to work in a global economy ...

  
  

• Tom Franklin, chief executive, Think Global
  Third Sector

  The education charity Think Global has appointed Tom Franklin as its new chief executive.

  
  

• Ramblers CEO joins Think Global
  Community Channel

  The chief executive of the Ramblers' Association is to join education charity Think Global.

  
  

• Global Learners, Global Schools
  NAHT Leadership Magazine

  September
  

  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
  
  

• Making Sense of Child Labour
  Hodder Expert Blog

  Ade considers the facts around child labour and suggests some approaches for discussion in the class room.

  
  

• HIV and AIDS education: from local to global
  Hodder Expert Blog

  Ade looks into the complexities of teaching about HIV and AIDS.

  
  

• What’s water got to do with it?
  Hodder Expert Blog

  Ade blogs about using water as a way into teaching about global issues in the classroom.

  
  

• Planners aplenty
  TES Magazine

  TES 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.

  
  

• Global Themes
  The Source Magazine

  Tough global issues concern youth delegation in London.

  
  

• Hugh Jackman challenges Sun readers to live on £1 a day
  The Sun

  X-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.

  
  

• Hugh Jackman backing new campaign asking people to live on £1 a day
  Press Association

  Hugh 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.

  
  

• The Sustainable Schools Alliance
  Children and Young People Now Magazine

  March 2011
  

  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.

  
  

• Schools are the ideal place to debate 'Britishness'. So why water down their duty to forge community cohesion?
  TES

  March 2011
  

  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.

  
  

• Parents have pessimistic view of Britain's future
  Parent and Teacher Magazine

  March 2011
  

  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.

  
  

• Nudge, think or shove
  Food Ethics

  March 2011
  

  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'.

  
  

• Teach the world
  Leader Magazine

  Leader 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.

  
  

• Letter responding to Telegraph story, Where our overseas aid goes’
  Sunday Telegraph

  January
  

  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

   

  
  

• Big-name charities offer guidelines on schools fundraising
  Third Sector Magazine

  Advice 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.

  
  

• Learning for a change
  Food Ethics Magazine

  Hetan discusses how learning about food can contribute to education for sustainable development and wider consideration of our relationship to the food system.

  
  

• Going global
  Award – AQA’s magazine for teachers

  September 2010
  

  The DEA Chief Executive Hetan Shah explains how it is pushing the global learning agenda to the fore.

  
  

• Using scientific enquiry to make sense of global challenges
  School Science Review

  September
  

  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.

  
  

• Global Learning: How can education promote a just and sustainable world?
  Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book 2010

  August
  

  See p.250

  
  

• Critical thinking in the context of global learning
  Teaching Today

  August
  

  p.25

  
  

• Hetan writes about why global learning matters, and how to embed it in your school
  The Leadership News

  August
  

• Sustainable schools and global learning
  IQ Education Magazine

  June 2010
  

  On p12 Hetan writes an introduction to Sustainable Schools and Global Learning.

  
  

• DEA's Kate Brown discusses school links, fundraising and global learning
  Conference & Common Room

  This 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.

   

  
  

• OVER 200 CHARITIES AND SCHOOLS LAUNCH GLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER
  

• CHARTER FOR GLOBAL LEARNING
  

• 200 ORGANISATIONS BACK GLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER
  

• 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.

  
  

• Benefits of Global Learning article
  SecEd

  February 2910
  

  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.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• DEA: More support for teachers dealing with racism
  BBC

  November 2009
  

• Media coverage of DEA's cohesion fringe at Labour
  Children and Young People Now

  The 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.

  
  

• DEA letter in The Times
  The Times

  DEA has had a letter published in The Times arguing for the importance of global learning.

  
  

• Profile of DEA's Youth Programme Manager, Sarah Williams
  Youth Work Now

  1 September 2009
  

  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.

  
  

• Leadership for Global Learning
  Teaching Times

  19 August 2009
  

  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.

  
  

• Schools Failing Pupils for Global Future: One Third of Teachers
  DEA Press Release

  20 March 2009
  

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• Hetan Shah on global citizenship education
  Association for Citizenship Teaching magazine.

  March 2009
  

• DEA and Ipsos MORI research into global learning
  NUT's Education Review

  March 2009
  

• Katine schools competition: and the winner is...
  The Guardian

  14 February 2009
  

• Peace teachings on Gaza
  Times Educational Supplement

  30 January 2009
  

• Going Global
  Breaktime Magazine

  January 2009
  

• Never too young to learn that racism is wrong, experts insist
  Times Educational Supplement

  21 November 2008
  

• Educating a new generation for change
  Social Enterprise Magazine

  November 2008
  

• Katine school journalism competition
  The Guardian

  18 October 2008
  

• Playing soldiers just got serious
  Times Educational Supplement

  17 October 2008
  

• Project to boost global awareness
  Youth Work Now

  October 2008
  

• Global learning
  Teaching Today Magazine

  October 2008
  

• Going global
  Progress Magazine

  17 September 2008
  

• Do not blame schools for pupils' intolerance'
  Sec Ed

  4 September 2008
  

• Slavery Lessons from September
  Teaching Times

  4 September 2008
  

• Slavery history lessons to be compulsory
  Guardian

  4 September 2008
  

• All pupils to learn about slavery
  BBC website

  4 September 2008
  

• Schools May Fail On Community Cohesion Duty
  DEA Press Release

  31 August 2008
  

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• Children snub pluralism
  The Observer

  31 August 2008
  

• Slave trade guidance
  Times Education Supplement

  29 August 2008
  

• Charity Calls For Better Slavery Teaching Support
  DEA Press Release

  26 August 2008
  

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• The Times Public Agenda
  

  8 July 2008
  

  Page 2 trail ‘teenagers are "globally illiterate"'
  Page 3 ‘Little Englanders will fail'
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• Children's world ‘too small'
  Huddersfield Daily Examiner

  5 July 2008
  

• Call for better 'global literacy'
  BBC website

  4 July 2008
  

• Interview with Rob Unwin, Development Education Centre South Yorkshire about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
  Hallam FM

  4 July 2008
  

• Interview with Lesley MacKay, Brudenell Primary School, Leeds about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
  Real Radio Leeds

  4 July 2008
  

• BBC Coventry and Warwick Radio

  4 July 2008
  

• Hull Daily Mail

  4 July 2008
  

• UK education ‘not preparing children for wider world'
  Birmingham Post

  4 July 2008
  

• 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

  
  

• Interview with Hetan Shah, DEA Chief Executive, and Anne Swift, Headteacher, Gladstone Road Infant School, Scarborough about DEA/ Ipsos MORI research
  Sunrise Radio

  4 July 2008
  

• Independent Radio News

  4 July 2008
  

• 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

  
  

• Call for better 'global literacy'
  BBC Radio Five Live

  4 July 2008
  

• Pupils are 'globally illiterate', warns charity
  The Guardian

  4 July 2008
  

• What in the world are they learning?
  The Metro

  4 July 2008
  

  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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• New Research Shows English Education Leaves 1 in 5 Globally Illiterate
  DEA Press Release

  26 June 2008
  

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• PM back call for emphasis on global learning
  Sec Ed magazine

  19 June 2008
  

• DEA/ DFID ‘Think Global' supplement
  The Guardian

  29 April 2008