WomenEd Blogs

by Nicola Mooney @nicksnook This is a short reflective blog on why standing together is important. One year ago today I received this message:

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by Mairead Mhig Uaid @MaireadMhigUaid For almost a quarter of a century, I have worked in the Irish Medium education sector in the north of Ireland/Northern Ireland. An immersion education system established here just over 50 years ago, it has...

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by Lisa Hannay @lhannay1 Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected to congress and was a formidable force for women’s rights, equal rights as well as a voice for minorities and for those who did not have anyone speaking on their...

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by Jackie Hill @hill1_jackie Losing your voice “I’ve lost my voice - again” – it kept happening for 2 years. At first, it was funny (sort of) but that changed, as it could take weeks for it to return fully. I tried different treatments, but nothing...

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By Christina Watson @cmw_kendal Photo credit The Falkland Islands – Sunset Saturday 26 September Saturday 26th September saw our first @WomenEdFalkland event: a morning thinking about Values- Led Leadership. What a morning it was: full of...

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by Philippa Wraithmell. @MrsWraithmell I am 34 years old, I live in the UAE and have a husband and two children, 10 and 6 years old. So why am I beginning this blog as though I am 5 years old writing my biography in a literacy class? Because...

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By Jill Berry @JillBerry102 On Saturday 12th September 2020, #WomenEd ran a webinar on the subject of what it is currently like to be a woman serving head in this country. The webinar was ably hosted by the wonderful Keziah Featherstone (@keziah70)...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus @KerryJordanDaus Six months ago, I wrote a blog, What the xxxx is normal? I was anxious, scared and very unsure of what the future held. Our lives had been turned upside down in so many ways. That blog was personal; I was so...

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by Christalla Jamil @ChristallalJ I graduated from teaching when I was 36 years old. I have been in education for seventeen years now, nine of which have been as a headteacher. I commenced my career in teaching in a maintained primary school in...

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by Lucy Flower @MrsLFlower After my post on ‘Forming an Opinion’ I had some incredible responses, particularly from the #WomenEd community. Most shocking was the article I read from BYU, ‘When Women Don’t Speak’. It transpires that simply having a...

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By Angeline Aow @angeaow Recent global events have ignited an international call-out for educational institutions to take action towards becoming anti-racist, to decolonise curricula, address systemic racism and do more than simply declare that they...

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by Lulu Oragano @LuluOragano Senior Leader : Welcome back, I’ve put your timetable on your desk. Me : Oh thanks. Oh, but I’m teaching Citizenship? Senior Leader : Yeah, you’re brilliant, you can teach anything. Meant as compliment, very few teachers...

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by #WomenEd Global Strategic Leaders @WomenEd Tickets are now available for our 1st global online unconference! 4 sessions between 2nd October to 4th October mean we can cover our 4 campaigns and time zones for all of our 30 networks! We are...

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by Lulu Oragano @LuluOragano Jan: So, I was being serious when I asked- do you want to job share? Me: Yes, I would love to. Jan: Let’s do it. And so we did…. I was the Head of Drama in a Secondary school in South London and Jan was the Head of...

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by Ben Hobbis @MrBHobbis I think I’ve always been an ally. But I don’t think I realised this until this academic year. So, what is an ally? An ally is any person that actively promotes and aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through...

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by Charlotte Belmore @charliebelmore The area of ‘white privilege’ is the uncomfortable elephant in the room that is not going away anytime soon. The idea of racism for many conjures up images of angry white men shouting offensive slurs with many...

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by Cecile Halliday @SuttonPrepDH Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad came to my attention through different avenues. Firstly, tweets from @nourishedschool and @WomenEd so this prompted ordering the book. It then popped up again after some...

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by Claire Nicholls @bristol_teacher In the @WomenEdBookclub chat led by Angie Browne (@nourishedteacher) on Layla F. Saad’s ‘Me and White Supremacy’ workbook, we discussed key learning, silence and complicity, the discomfort of white privilege and...

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by Lindsay Patience @Mumsyme I recently replied to a question on social media from someone returning after maternity to a Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) asking if it was normal to have your TLR payment reduced if you reduced your working...

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by Raphael Moss @mrrmoss A conversation I had with the inspirational Vivienne Porritt was the catalyst for me to seek feedback from staff who had benefited from flexible or part-time working. Over the years, in my privileged position as Headteacher,...

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by Julia Knight @KnightWilliams In December 2019, I took a bold decision to move on from my current school. I like and follow the Twitter hashtag, 10% braver (inspiring women from @WomenEd) but for me, it was more akin to feeling and being 97%...

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by @BaarNomad We spend the first part of our lives having little or no say and we accept this because we are raised to think it is the only way. But is this really true? Should being a dependent mean having no autonomy? Should being a child mean you...

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by Annelouise Jordan @Leazy84 Based on @WomenEdBookClub discussion. The Lost Girls, by Charlotte M. Woolley, truly redefined me as a teacher and, when I say redefined, I truly mean it. Fact - science is sexist. Charlotte writes about the sexism...

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by #WomenEd Strategic Leaders #WomenEd has held five unconferences at the beginning of October since we were founded in 2015. The global pandemic means we can’t do a face-to-face one this year. So we are going even bigger and taking the opportunity...

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