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September 2025
BSA Group announces new Chair
Boarding and safeguarding specialist BSA Group has announced Neil Mahapatra as its new Chair from November 1, 2025. Neil is the founder / CEO of EV Charging Business Zapgo, and…
Blog: National Inclusion Week
National Inclusion Week 2025 is here. It is an annual celebration and awareness week dedicated to highlighting the importance of inclusion in all areas of society. For schools, it is…
IELA Podcast: Episode 5 Masculinity and supporting boys in schools
Welcome to the very first mini podcast series by the Inclusion, Equity and Leadership Association, also known as (IELA). This series is called The IELA Exchange: Conversations about Inclusion. In…
Wellington College clamps down on cancel culture
Wellington College in Berkshire has introduced a new position dubbed the “chair of compassion”, intended to cultivate an environment where students can “disagree agreeably” and better resist negative influences, particularly…
Are you brave enough to be truly inclusive?
Source: Are you brave enough to be truly inclusive? | School Management Plus “Inclusion” has become one of the buzz words of the post Covid world – tagged by governments…
Cringe or comfort? Why some Black people ‘code switch’ their accents
Source: Cringe or comfort? Why some Black people ‘code switch’ their accents | Society | The Guardian There are times on The Long Wave desk when a conversation sparks a…
Flags: When Patriotism Becomes Politics
Source: Flags: When Patriotism Becomes Politics | Belonging Effect We have all seen them. Driving up the motorway, crossing a roundabout in town, suddenly there it is: the Union Jack,…