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For much of my life, people wanted me to choose. Black or White. Academic or practitioner. Leader or learner. Yet the greatest lesson of my journey has been that leadership is not found in choosing one part of yourself over another. It is found in...

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By Kiran Satti @miss_k_sunray3 Overcoming a fear. To care. Following your heart. To speak up. Paving your own path. Stepping in to the unknown. Being brave isn't always doing that one amazing thing. It's the culmination of all those brave steps you...

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by Ben Hobbis @MrBHobbis Are you a new leader who likes the idea of leadership but struggles to find the balance between teaching and leading? Are you someone who wants to be a leader, but not knowing how to get there, feeling a bit stagnant? You...

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by Miriam Hussain @MiriamHussain_ I became a leader in my teacher training year and those first few years of leadership are what I reflect on the most. Initiatives that I did well but more importantly what I could have done better. Here are my top...

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by Angela Schofield @DeputySchofield Kindness – the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Never more needed than when things are going wrong. So today, I want to talk about the F word. Failure. There are a lot of supportive...

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By Kiran Satti @KSunray3 'Intersectional feminism centres the voices of those experiencing overlapping, concurrent forms of oppression in order to understand the depths of the inequalities and the relationships among them in any given context.' UN...

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By Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102 After I contributed a chapter to the first #WomenEd book in 2019, we were asked to film a short video of ourselves holding the book, wearing the 10% Braver tee-shirt and explaining how we had been brave and what we...

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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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by Ben Hobbis @MrBHobbis I think I’ve always been an ally. But I don’t think I realised this until this academic year. So, what is an ally? An ally is any person that actively promotes and aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through...

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by Charlotte Belmore @charliebelmore The area of ‘white privilege’ is the uncomfortable elephant in the room that is not going away anytime soon. The idea of racism for many conjures up images of angry white men shouting offensive slurs with many...

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by Tracy Goodyear @Miss_Goodyear It’s 5pm on Friday 5th June and I’ve decided to stop and to just do some thinking. It’s all too easy at a time like this to just carry on, to take action, to plough on through until the bitter end. It’s far too easy...

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By Claire Price @claireprice1 These last few days have felt insurmountable. Last Monday, on the 25th May 2020, the world witnessed the death of a black man at the hands of the police. Videos of the death of George Floyd circulated and we felt...

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by Keziah Featherstone @keziah70 One of the fundamental responsibilities of any leader is to look after their staff team. Even in relatively normal circumstances that’s difficult; recently it has been a momentous challenge. I’m the Head of a large...

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by Rachel Stone @SBMCoventry #BirthdayCelebration Well, here I am writing a blog for the first time. Why now? Well, probably because I have always been encouraged behind the scenes by Hilary Goldsmith, aka @SBL365, since I joined #SBLtwitter but...

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By Sue Plant @PlantPlant4Sue I have been reading a lot recently about ethical leadership. It coincided with preparing to speak at the 5th UK #WomenEd Unconference. I haven't been reading just for that purpose though, it is something that interests...

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by Tara Bryan @Bryan_Amethyst I’ve got no shame in saying it: I love Calamity Jane. Doris Day was my first heroine before I even knew what a heroine was, and even then I instinctively recognised in Ol’ Calam’ herself something that would often be a...

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By Amy Jeetley @amyjeetley I’ve always prided myself on my sharpness of mind, clarity and understanding. I could pick up things quickly, work things out at a fast pace and recall many things. Over the last couple of years I’ve seen a decline in all...

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