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Welcome to the latest updates on DECSY and Global Learning. Want to share your news on working with DECSY? Email helenATdecsy.org.uk

DECSY AGM Notification

The Annual General Meeting of DECSY will be held on Tuesday 28th April from 6pm for refreshments followed by the AGM from 7pm to 8pm. Please let us know if you would like to attend so that we can arrange the correct quantity of refreshments: info@decsy.org.uk 2025...

Gender Action External Evaluation Report 2025

GA Evaluation Summary A summary of this report is now available.  The full report which was written by Dr Heather Mendick and commissioned by Gender Action, evaluates Gender Action’s impact on schools that it worked with in the period from December 2023 to July 2025....

Gender Action External Evaluation Report 2025

Gender Action Evaluation 2025 This report written by Dr Heather Mendick and commissioned by Gender Action evaluates Gender Action’s impact on schools that it worked with in the period from December 2023 to July 2025. The main focus of the evaluation report is on the...

Mick Waters launching DECSY’s next 40 years of work

At our 40th Anniversary event the celebrated educationalist Mick Waters helped us look back at the last 40 years of education and how DECSY had played a part in supporting teachers to help young people make sense of the changing world. This blog gives a summary of his talk and some ideas for the next steps for Global Learning.

Sheffield and Anti-Apartheid in South Africa – new lesson plan

DECSY Global Education Adviser, Helen Griffin, highlights the latest lesson plan from our ‘Non-violent action: a force for change’ materials developed and used by the late Mark Hutchinson (1960-2023) who worked closely with DECSY over many years.

Observations on the 28th UN Climate Change Conference  –  COP28, Dubai

DECSY Global Education Adviser, Rob Unwin, attended COP 28 as an online observer. Here he gives a summary of his observations on the conference, some of the agreements made, and how this ‘Only game in town’ for addressing climate change internationally can work for real change.

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