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Stories on the trials, tribulations and triumphs of lifelong learning in a changing world

Researching with children - getting the ethics right
Learning Allowed founder, Dr Sam Frankel is in Liverpool collaborating with academics to develop resources that support children's active participation in research. This work builds on a recent book project focused on child-centered practice and aims to create tools that improve research accessibility and meaning for child participants.

Learning Allowed book in paperback
It’s here - Our Learning Allowed book in now available in paperback!

Interview on Empowered Extend podcast
Podcast interview with Carinder Malhi of Empowered Extend.

Collaboration with ICCRP
Announcing Learning Allowed’s collaboration with the International and Canadian Children’s Rights Partnership (ICCRP).

Only Variation and Innovation Today Will Provide Answers for Tomorrow
To thrive in today's world, we must move beyond standardized learning and embrace variation and innovation. The current systems often disconnect us from our natural learning selves, leading to negative consequences. By fostering a "Connected Learner" culture focused on emotional resilience, growth mindset, and self-determination, we can empower individuals with skills AI cannot replicate.

Are We Prepared for Extended Lifespans?
The XPrize Healthspan competition aims to rejuvenate aging by 20 years, but questions arise about the social infrastructure needed to support longer lives, including addressing generational divides and loneliness. To ensure meaningful lives alongside longevity, a shift in how we think about learning and the learner is essential.

RX Radio - Research collaboration
Planned research that aims to understand the impact of RX Radio’s innovative in giving children a voice in health is underway in Cape Town, South Africa!

School Absence: The Silently Disengaged
The current narrative around school absenteeism is missing a crucial point: it’s not just about attendance. It’s about disengagement. How can we re-ignite a passion for learning to empower learners to navigate an increasingly complex world?

Article Published: COVID-19 - schooling and childhood
Our jointly published article with Dr Kate Beacon (Manchester Metropolitan University) in the British Educational Research Journal challenges some of the ways we think about children and childhood which led to fabricated notions of ‘hope’ built on adult assumptions.

Be a Catalyst
LEARN 2030 builds the foundation for not only academic progress and attainment but also life satisfaction and wellbeing.

Children as Change Makers
Inspired by narratives on children’s rights, participation and social action, our new book Children as Change Makers offer practical steps to adults to enable children's meaningful participation in their communities.

Time for a reset
Create a reset moment to evaluate whether the ‘tone’ we have created for learning in our communities maximises the opportunities for all learners.


Strong Foundations
A reformed curriculum will only be effective if delivered on the right foundations. So let’s think about the culture of school - and how ‘learning’ infuses who schools are - defining what they do.

Education is the cornerstone of freedom
For education to bring about possibilities of a better future, a change in the culture for learning needs to precede.

A Time for Change?
A mandate for change to reinvigorate the culture in schools to present hope to adults and children


Children and Research
Follow-up to workshop planning on children’s participation in research projects

Financing a Learning Movement
Financial realities of perseverance in spreading the word about Learning Allowed
