We are facing unprecedented challenges –social, economic and environmental– driven by accelerating globalisation and a faster rate of technological developments. At the same time, those forces are providing us with myriad new oppor- tunities for human advancement. The future is uncertain and we…

News by Penny Marshall published in ITV News, 7th February 2018. Whilst adult women begin to challenge unfairness in the workplace, children as young as seven have their own gender gap, new research shows. This matters because some of the barriers women face are cultural and set early in…

An opinion article written by Barbara Ennis* in The Irish Times, Wed, Feb 7, 2018. This may appear like a strange thing to say as principal of an all-girls’ school, but I’ll be honest: on the surface the idea of abolishing single-sex education might seem like a sensible one. After all, we’ve…

This is an article by Julie Keller*, which was published in TES on January 23rd, 2018.  Inequality at work is –quite rightly– a hot topic. We are finally starting to sit up and take note when it comes to addressing these issues in the world of education. Teaching is a female-dominated…

This article by Andrew Mullins* was published on January 22nd 2018 in Mercator.net  Single-sex schools used to be an esteemed tradition in Australia, both private and public. However, their numbers are declining. At the current rate one commentator suggests there would be no more single sex…