All South East Blogs

by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt CVP Group and WomenEd are continuing to partner throughout 2025 to deliver more funded training programmes.The first cohort has completed with exceptional outcomes. The third cohort is starting now. The next...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt This is my 6th annual blog on Equal Pay Day for the UK which is on 20 th November (Fawcett, 2024). Equal Pay Day is recognised globally and each specific date may be different due to the size of the #GenderPayGap...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt I was privileged to join the #WomenEd South East England network in Brighton last week to celebrate our new book # DisruptiveWomen . It was an uplifting evening with 50 women joining us to network, learn, and be...

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by Caroline Stanbrook @caroline stanbrook This summer has been an exciting and nervous one for me. In September I am taking a step up in my career into the role of Associate Vice Principal at Winton Community Academy. It is a move that would not...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus Twitter LinkedIn Well, 9 years old – haven't the years just flown by? The cover photo is from 2016! Digging into my photo album, I also found this photo. Celebrating! What a journey we have been on together. Friendships formed,...

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b y Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt The images and the experiences of women and children in Gaza shock the whole world and yet it continues and is worse each day. Looking globally, we see a picture of women's rights being systematically eroded and...

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by Harroop Sandhu Twitter LinkedIn Have you ever felt that you needed a little extra courage to pursue your dreams? I know the feeling. When I ran my first workshop at the 2023 #WomenEd's Unconference, I was confronted with challenges like train...

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by Dr Kerry Jordan-Daus @KerryJordanDaus As I draw breath on this rainy Saturday afternoon, I take this space to look back over my first year as CEO of Veritas Multi Academy Trust . This has been an amazing year, demanding of my depth of leadership...

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By Briony Bowers @BrionyBowers Briony went to #WomenEd sessions at #rEDBerks2023 recently which led to her retweeting her 2021 blog. Sadly, progress since then has been minimal. In 2015 the New York Times published an analysis of the CEOs of S&P...

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By Lucie Ager @lucie_ager A thought from #WomenEd sparks my need to write. Was I the woman I wanted to be? This question came to me on the back of a comment on a post on LinkedIn with the artwork of a female profile and the words 'I love the person...

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By Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt Our team of Global Strategic Leaders were thrilled we gained Registered Charity status before Christmas. It was even more special as these are the charitable objects we want to achieve: to promote equality and...

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By Hannah Duncan @heduncan Combining work and motherhood is possible. It is also possible to thrive and progress in your career. But often, as mother teachers, we feel these things are not possible for us. Too many teachers leave the classroom after...

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By Lucie Ager @lucie_ager On 30 th January, 2023, #WomenEdSE hosted an amazing and inspiring event for #WomenEd at my workplace . I planned the style of the event to a tee, from creatives and catering to the finer detail of purple and grey balloons;...

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By Clare Erasmus @cerasmusteach Welcome to the final blog in our series of seven tech blogs from the inaugural meeting of our new private space for #WomenEdTech. Here, Clare takes a look at her path to becoming a digital strategic lead. A few years...

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by Kate Claydon @KateClaydon The role of a headteacher is the most privileged within our profession. You have the opportunity to shape the culture and ethos of your school, determining not only the academic outcomes of your students but also...

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by Kerry Jordan Daus @KerryJordanDaus The 3rd Annual Unconference of #WomenEd is set to excite, challenge and enthuse us all. I am taking a moment, a space, to reflect on Shirley Chisholm's words and the provocation for our weekend: "If they don't...

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by Sian Williams @principalsian Are you a female leader in England contemplating the Department of Education's white paper, where by 2030, 'remaining maintained schools would change status, to become academies'? Are you leading a standalone school...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus @kerryjordandaus I considered myself a rank outsider. But I had nothing to lose. Well maybe, my pride. But still I gave it a go. I believed I could. So, I would. No, I should. When we reflect on #BreakTheBias, we are facing...

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by Adeola Ohgee @ao1982_ As black women, we have a very close relationship with our hair. Our hair is more than just keratin, it’s a badge of pride and honour because of the history behind it. Let's celebrate World Afro Day on 15th September with...

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by Christalla Jamil @ChristallaJ This year’s International Women's Day 2021 was marked by a campaign focused on 'challenge'. When we support each other, women accomplish amazing things. For me, once again, this was illustrated on Saturday 6th March...

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by Zoe Enser @greeborunner I never really understood networking. It was something which was increasingly mentioned as I moved into leadership, but I never knew quite what it meant or indeed why it was a good thing. People said it would help me with...

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by Kerry Jordan-Daus @KerryJordanDaus #IWD2021 International Women’s Day 2021, a call out to challenge, there is a choice to be made. But what is IT I am choosing to challenge? For me, this is a choice about what would make life fairer. I want to...

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By Christina Astin @ChristinaAstin The proportion of girls choosing A level physics and pursuing STEM careers has remained stubbornly low for decades. But recent research should give us hope. We understand much better now what helps fix the leaky...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt We started WomenEd because women's voices on twitter were often silenced, harrassed or our views were not valued. It's one of the reasons we included a mic in our logo. So we encouraged women to tweet and to...

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