"Paper Skin and Wooden Bones" gathers the commended and winning entries from @cnduk.bsky.social Peace Education's "Verses of Hope" poetry competition and is available to PREORDER today! www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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We empower young people with knowledge and critical thinking on nuclear weapons and peace issues, through free school sessions and teaching resources.
🚨 Looking for CND Peace Education Volunteers!! 🚨 🔗 to apply in our bio Do get in touch if you have any questions! 🏫
Arms industry giants like BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce now sit on 53 university advisory committees across the UK, shaping what students learn. This is what the normalisation of the war economy looks like. Sign up for our workshop on militarism in education. 🧪👇 www.sgr.org.uk/events/milit...
Militarism and the politics of education
A free SGR webinar with four guest speakers and time for discussion. CHAIR Laura Shewan, Scientists for Global Responsibility SPEAKERS
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Declassified UK@declassifieduk.org · 4mo agoBAE Systems, Leonardo and Thales are among the firms invited to sit on 53 university advisory committees across Britain. They're usually asked to provide “strategic direction” for academic departments, and to review the progress of research projects. www.declassifieduk.org/arms-industr...
We spent our Easter Weekend at @nasuwt-official.bsky.social Conference speaking to over 1000 Teachers about our free school workshops on Peace and Nuclear Weapons issues! Link is in our bio to find out more about us and book a workshop ☮️
Di’lasio: ‘Kindness lies at the very heart of education…schools are places where we celebrate diversity’ The general secretary of #ASCL2026 said that he worries about the flags on lampposts across the UK which represent ‘provocative nationalism rather than proud patriotism’
Really pleased to be represented at #ASCL2026 conference!
March 1 marks 71 years since the Castle Bravo nuclear test over the Marshall Islands. Nuclear testing entails detonation of nuclear weapons to asses their yield, performance and effects. It continues to greatly impact communities and ecosystems today.
Great session with UCL IOE Students! For more information on booking free teacher training sessions with us, you can visit cnduk.org/education/fr... 📖
Citizenship PGCE @ IOE@citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social · 5mo agoSuperb thanks @jamessloam.bsky.social @joyofteaching.bsky.social @ormistonacads.bsky.social & @cndpeaceed.bsky.social delivery on peace education, critical media literacy & GenAI for meaningful youth participation & active Citizenship in classrooms @ioe.bsky.social essential #Citizenshipeducation
🗓️ Today marks 5 years since the Treaty on Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons came into force. Let’s take a look at the treaty and its impact 👉🏼
We are wishing you all a period of rest as we enter the holiday season! Here is a list of films to learn more and stay engaged over the break, reply if you have got any more 🎥 Content Warning: movie posters with images of destruction
Catch Helen Griffin from CND Peace Education on the panel!
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament@cnduk.bsky.social · 9mo ago📢Challenging militarism in education! Another great workshop at our upcoming conference where we'll hear from some of those advocating for peace and resisting the growing influence of arms companies and militarism in our education system. Register: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
📢Challenging militarism in education! Another great workshop at our upcoming conference where we'll hear from some of those advocating for peace and resisting the growing influence of arms companies and militarism in our education system. Register: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
from our awards ceremony for Verses of Hope! It was an honour to watch these young poets deliver such powerful poetry commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We will be posting more from the event, including readings from the winning poets
Join CND Peace Education for an afternoon of live poetry readings, community and celebrating young poets! 📅 Saturday November 1st ⏰ 2-4 PM 📍 BLOC Queen Mary University E1 4PD RSVP link is in our bio
Tomorrow is National Poetry Day, and we are thrilled to be announcing the winners of “Verses Of Hope”: CND Peace Education’s national poetry competition judged by Antony Owen and Aaron Kent! More details on poems, judges' comments and the poets here: cnduk.org/verses-of-ho...
Verses of Hope - National Peace Poetry Competition Winners - CND
On National Poetry Day, CND Peace Education announces the winners of its ‘Verses of Hope’ National Peace Poetry Competition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
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A popular legend in Japan states that if you fold 1000 paper cranes, you will be granted one wish. Sadako Sasaki, a young child just 1 mile away from the hypocentre of the Hiroshima bomb, began folding 1000 paper cranes while in the hospital due to radiation from the bomb.
The start of September marks the anniversary of the Women of Greenham Common's Peace Camp. The camp began in 1981, opposing Britain’s nuclear policy and their decision to allow US Cruise Missiles to be stored in Greenham and lasted almost 20 years!
"Did they think their actions would have such a devastating effect?" At 8.15 on 6 August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima. Second-Generation Hibakusha Kyoko Gibson remembers the victims and reminds us why we must #NeverAgain. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBFo8SOtoE
"They had names and faces" - Kyoko Gibson remembers the victims of Hiroshima
At 8.15am on 6 August 1945, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later on 9 August, a second atomic bomb was dropped on ...
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Still not too late to submit poems for the National Peace Poetry Competition: Verses of Hope, 3 categories primary, secondary and FE/College. Deadline 23rd July. @peaceeduscot.bsky.social @facinghistoryuk.bsky.social @acitizenshipt.bsky.social
The Alternative Defence Review came out this month just before the UK government's Strategic Defence Review. Read a summary for secondary teachers with recommended resources from Peace Education Scotland here: bit.ly/4e5rlve peaceeducationscotland.org, quaker.org.uk, acitizenshipt.bsky.social
The Alternative Defence Review: A Summary for Secondary Teachers - CND
The UK Ministry of Defence published its Strategic Defence Review on 5th June 2025 announcing the ‘largest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War’ and among other things the buildin...
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Fantastic response from teachers at the @nasuwt-official.bsky.social conference - all our teaching packs were given by out on the first day!
Calling all Primary teachers and English secondary / FE teachers! Submit your students' poems to our National Peace Poetry Competition: Verses of Hope, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Deadline 23rd July 2025. @natefeed.bsky.social #English #Peace
This morning at the @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference Becky Francis mentioned that polling of school students and parents points to a need for more focus on politics and governance - this is certainly what we hear from student voice when we work in schools @acitizenshipt.bsky.social
How do educators build for peace? Professor Hilary Cremin’s talk to launch the new OpenLearn Principles and Practice of Peace Education: Wed Feb 5 1-2pm bit.ly/3Wo3CyT @acitizenshipt.bsky.social
How do educators build a culture of peace?
Prof Hilary Cremin,Head of the Faculty of Education at Cambridge University,joins us to mark the launch of the new Peace Education Course
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Read our response to the DfE Curriculum Review 2024 here: bit.ly/4gd2Qwm
CND Peace Education’s Response to the DfE Curriculum Review 2024
How the Current Curriculum Supports (or Fails) to Engage Students with Diversity, Peace, and Respect In the ever-changing landscape of education, the question of how well the curriculum prepares stude...
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Lovely sessions at Dinglewell Junior school in Gloucester last week!
Make a peace crane with us! Learn about the inspiring story of Sadako Sasaki, and make your own wish for peace, using our new tutorial video. Share widely to spread a message of peace🕊️ youtu.be/GIMyDiqDR1I
Make a Peace Crane (and learn its history)
YouTube video by CND Peace Education
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