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A critical response to ‘The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014’
27/02/2015
The report is published in conjunction with the video The British Armed Forces: Propaganda in the classroom? produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness.
This report explains why the British Armed Forces Learning Resource (published in September 2014 by the Prime Minister’s Office) is a poor quality educational resource, and exposes the resource as a politically-driven attempt to promote recruitment into the armed forces and “military values” in schools.
The British Armed Forces: Propaganda in the classroom?
Produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness.
To accompany the ForcesWatch report A critical response to ‘The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014’
Veterans bring ‘military ethos’ to schools
27/01/2015
Growing number of organisations employ ex-servicemen and women to work in schools helping children develop ‘character’
Cardiff event on ‘Red Hand Day’ 2015: ‘Ban schoolyard recruitment’
26/01/2015
On Red Hand Day (the annual international day of campaigning against the use of child soldiers), 12 February, 2015, a well-attended event at Cardiff’s Temple of Peace called for an end to military presence and influence in schools and colleges in Wales. Featuring speakers from ForcesWatch and Fellowship of Reconciliation Wales, the event explored the nature of armed forces visits to schools and colleges in Wales, as well as the military’s ‘engagement’ with young people in Wales more broadly…
Military ethos – where’s the evidence?
Jon Boagey, operations director [at the National Youth Agency], asks why military ethos doesn’t seem to need evidence to get government funding.
Army launches ‘rebranding’ and recruitment campaigns
21/01/2015
The Army is launching a publicity campaign to keep its work in the public eye, following the end of combat operations in Afghanistan.
Minister: cut teenage pregnancies with army cadets
20/01/2015
Army cadet units could help cut the rate of teenage pregnancies, an education minister has said.
Lord Nash said teenage girls from single-parent families who had “never experienced the love of a man” could be deterred from forming “unsuitable relationships” if they enrolled in a cadet unit.
UK soldiers of 16 ‘too young’
12/01/2015
THE children’s commissioner for England has accused the armed forces of breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by recruiting soldiers from the age of 16.
International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
06/01/2015
Published by the Quaker United Nations Office in November 2011, this booklet reflects recent changes in international law and practice that indicates that recognition of conscientious objection to military service as a human right is now stronger than ever.
More questions raised about the ‘Military Ethos in Schools’ programme
The Department for Education has committed a further £3.5m to fund organisations building ‘character’ among school students, and £1m for research to find the most effective ways that character can be taught in schools.
Armed Forces Visits to Secondary Schools in Scotland
19/12/2014
The report, compiled by ForcesWatch, is based on figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the armed forces on their visits to Scottish schools. It has been co-sponsored by the Educational Institute of Scotland which has expressed concerns that some armed forces visits may have a recruitment purpose.
Also see Armed forces visits to schools in Scotland: An update for 2016-2017
‘Alternative Provision with a Military Ethos’ receives more funding – our response
10/12/2014
On 7 December 2014, Michael Gove’s successor as Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan made her support for the Military Ethos in Schools programme clear by pledging a further £4.8 million to eight ‘alternative provision with a military ethos’ schemes. This follows previous funding between 2012 and 2014 that amounted to £8.2 million. The Quakers have written a letter with their concerns about the new announcement to Nicky Morgan, which can be read here. Below are our key initial concerns.
YouGov poll finds that Britons tend to think less of the Army’s importance the younger they are
02/12/2014
As the British Army struggles to recruit new soldiers, YouGov polling finds that Britons tend to think less of the army’s importance the younger they are.
Troops to Teachers scheme failing to entice ex-soldiers into the classroom
24/11/2014
It was supposed to address teacher shortages and instil a military ethos in schools, but take up is tiny and dominated by non-graduates.
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