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About Eddie Playfair

I am a Senior Policy Manager at the Association of Colleges (AoC) having previously been a college principal for 16 years and a teacher before that. I live in East London and I blog in a personal capacity about education and culture. I also tweet at @eddieplayfair

Our common values, our common education

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Eddie Playfair

We humans are natural learners. We are born with an insatiable urge to question, understand and master our environment and to communicate with others. Thanks to memory, language, thought and eventually culture and technology we have been able to extend … Continue reading →

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“Five minutes after the air raid” by Miroslav Holub

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Eddie Playfair

In Pilsen, twenty-six Station Road, she climbed to the third floor up stairs which were all that was left of the whole house, she opened her door full on to the sky, stood gaping over the edge. For this was … Continue reading →

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Choose education not catastrophe

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Eddie Playfair

Choose education not catastrophe Welcome speech for People and Planet’s Shared Planet conference held at Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc), 2 November 2013. I am so pleased that People & Planet has chosen to have this year’s Shared Planet conference … Continue reading →

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10 principles to shape education

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Eddie Playfair

I’d like to suggest some basic principles for education in a good society: 1.    Equality: we should all be regarded as being of equal worth, in terms of our political and economic rights, our access to educational opportunities and the … Continue reading →

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