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Oct 17, 2024 | 
lbc.co.uk | Natasha Devon MBE
Natasha Devon: Job coaches in mental health wards may do more harm than good Why job coaches in mental health wards may do more harm than good. Picture: Alamy By Natasha Devon MBE @_NatashaDevonYesterday, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall announced that job coaches could visit patients on mental health wards to give CV and interview advice.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
lbc.co.uk | Natasha Devon MBE
Mental health isn’t the problem—the system is: Natasha Devon on Sir Simon Wesley’s controversial comments Sir Simon Wesley caused some controversy yesterday when he claimed continued awareness-raising around mental health should cease because services are struggling to cope with demand.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
lbc.co.uk | Kit Heren |Natasha Devon MBE
The government must tackle school absenteeism in a holistic way - not with draconian punishment We need to tackle absenteeism from schools in a holistic way, writes Natasha Devon. Picture: Alamy By Natasha Devon MBE @_NatashaDevonIn the run up to the election, much was (correctly) made of the dire state of the NHS and the gargantuan task our new government would have on its hands as it attempted to fix it. Yet our education system is in just as much peril.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
lbc.co.uk | EJ Ward |Natasha Devon MBE
Badenoch's anti-trans 'birth certificate' policy could deny services to abuse victims and refugees Badenoch's anti-trans 'birth certificate' policy could deny services to abuse victims and refugees.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Ryan Lockett |David Voisin |Natasha Devon MBE
Secondary Rather than extol the merits of ‘resilience’ to young people, let’s change our expectations, economics and environment for the better, says Natasha Devon… by I blame Nicky Morgan. There’s been approximately 43,000* Education Secretaries since, so you could be forgiven for not remembering, but it was Morgan who introduced a package of measures to ‘instil character’ in young people.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Sarah Cook |Natasha Devon MBE
SecondaryHealth & Wellbeing Rather than extol the merits of ‘resilience’ to young people, let’s change our expectations, economics and environment for the better, says Natasha Devon… by DOWNLOAD A FREE RESOURCE! STI lesson – Help young people make better relationship choices SecondaryHealth & Wellbeing I blame Nicky Morgan. There’s been approximately 43,000* Education Secretaries since, so you could be forgiven for not remembering.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Tony Ryan |Natasha Devon MBE |Adam Riches |Kevin Rooney
Secondary Kevin Rooney contemplates whether the ‘tolerant’ thing to do would be to restrict or defend the faith schools model… by “What are schools for?” my teacher friend Jenny once asked me rhetorically, before going on to answer her own question. “Schools are about conveying a body of knowledge to the next generation. Faith isn’t knowledge. Belief isn’t knowledge.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Adam Riches |Louise Pink |Melissa Benn |Natasha Devon MBE
Secondary Let’s stop asking girls to behave more like the worst of boys and start encouraging boys to emulate the best of girls, writes Natasha Devon… by When it comes to single-sex schooling, my stance is one that some might term cognitive dissonance, others as brand hypocrisy – but which I prefer to think of as a tension between head and heart. Logically, I know that ‘all boys’ and ‘all girls’ schools probably shouldn’t exist. They’re archaic.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
lbc.co.uk | Natasha Devon MBE
Generation Sicknote: If Gen Z are struggling to work then that’s a reflection of the lack of support available to them 29 February 2024, 21:38 | Updated: 29 February 2024, 22:29 We should be asking why Gen Z are struggling not reprimanding them for it, Natasha Devon argues. Picture: Alamy By Natasha Devon MBE @_NatashaDevon‘Generation Sicknote!’ screeched the Daily Mail headline. ‘Young people are increasingly blaming their mental health for being out of work...
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
teachwire.net | Natasha Devon MBE |Daniel Harvey |Helen Mears |Helmut Schuster
Secondary Schools will support students in embarking on their preferred career path – but what can they do when students’ ambitions are still hazy? by We recently had the privilege of discussing careers and future work trends with 300 high schoolers in Vienna. Despite them having spent most of their lives in an idyllic suburb of the city, the audience was surprisingly well-informed about world events.
