Penny Rabiger takes over our ‘blogs of the week’ slot once every half-term to point to the best of the education podcasts
In this podcast, brilliant women reveal the secrets of brilliant speaking. Viv Groskop meets a wide range of women who use their voices in their work and who each have different ideas of how to make yourself heard and be true to who you are – particularly useful for teachers. My favourite episode so far was with tech entrepreneur and inclusion campaigner Abadesi Osunsade. You’ll need to persevere past the clumsy opening by Groskop’s “have I pronounced your name correctly?” and “we haven’t had someone quite like you on the show before…” to hear Osunsade talking about diversity, confidence tricks, the power of your personal story, and why you must never believe that the problem is you.
At their worst, values are used as an empty buzzword in schools. And yet, when made genuinely…
