There is a small and select band of educational professionals in the UK who have not only had their achievements recognised in the New Year’s Honours List, but who are also able to inspire others with their outstanding knowledge, passion and enthusiasm – Sir John Jones is one.

Knighted in 2003 for his services to education, Sir John worked most of his professional life in challenging schools across the North West of England, his last post being the head-teacher of a large secondary school in Merseyside.
His achievements and reputation for straight talking, leadership and creativity led him to be invited onto various organizations, panels and think tanks including the National College for School Leadership, the DfES’ Leadership Development Unit, the Teacher Development Agency’s National Remodelling Unit and visiting posts with both Manchester and Liverpool Universities.

Sir John Jones is inspirational. He should be compulsory listening!

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Mika Vanhanen – Ambassador of Knowledge, Peace builder and Founder of Peace Circle® inspires Neil Hawkes during this heartfelt conversation.

Mika Vanhanen is a Finnish educator, peace builder and leader in human-centred transition work. For over 30 years, he's worked across schools, municipalities, civil society, business and global networks to understand how real change happens — and why it so often fails. In 2000,Mika founded ENO – Environment Online, which grew into a global school network of 10,000 schools in 157 countries and helped mobilise the planting of more than 30 million trees.

Today, Mika continues his mission through Peace Circle®, a model that turns values into visible action by connecting nature, community and learning. This work has led to Peace Circle® parks, citywide partnerships and school-based practices in multiple countries, with a vision to reach 100 countries by 2030.

The Peace Circle® model led Mika to a wider principle he calls Circular Humanity:
when people move together in values, understanding and action, transitions become culture.

The Podcast ends with a beautiful song, Peace grows in you, which Mika has just released and can be downloaded from Spotify.

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In this Noble Conversation Neil talks with Marneta Viegas (Netti) who calls herself the Queen of Creativity. She is the creative genius behind Relax Kids, which she founded a decade after running her clowning business in the 90s.

Netti says:

"I had no idea when I came up with the idea of relaxing children that it would be so mainstream and so vital.

Creativity is the driving force in my life and all my work. Every time I swim or shower, ideas come to me.

I love being able to support young people and their families through Relax Kids and feel so grateful to have the opportunity to do this precious work. I love coming up with new ways to support our families with activities such as our daily meditation group, monthly affirmation disco and interviews with experts in the field of mental health.

I’m so grateful to the Relax Kids team, all those who helped along the way and all the incredible coaches for helping make Relax Kids the magical and special business that it is.

I am particularly excited about my new project for women ‘Ignite Your Creative Spark Club’. If you are interested in finding out how to bring the magic of creativity into your life, please get in touch."

You will love listening to someone who has helped thousands of children and their families, despite being turned down by the dragons in the TV programme Dragons Den!

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Inspirational Floyd Woodrow has a CV that includes military leader, head of counter terrorism in the SAS, director, consultant, and negotiator, it’s fair to say that Floyd is a real leader who will hold you spell bound with his dynamic personality.

Floyd began his career as a soldier in the Parachute Regiment, spending four years with the 1st Battalion before being one of the youngest ever individuals selected for the SAS at the age of 22. Floyd went on to win the second-highest gallantry award, a Distinguished Conduct Medal, for his work in Iraq and an MBE for his work in Afghanistan. During his time in the military, Floyd also studied law and psychology and wrote his first book “Learning to Learn”.

Determined, supportive, and inspirational, Floyd is a renowned speaker on leadership. He is the Founder of Compass for Life which so powerfully transforms lives.

In this transformational podcast Floyd will inspire you to set your own compass for life.

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In this engaging podcast, Neil is delighted to be in conversation with Professor Craig Shealy. Craig's transformational research has so many practical outcomes, especially helping us to understand ourselves and how we form our identity..

Craig is Executive Director of the nonprofit and nonpartisan International Beliefs and Values Institute or IBAVI, a Nehru Chair Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, and developer of the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory or BEVI.

Craig received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University’s APA-accredited doctoral program. As Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University for over 20 years, Craig served in various doctoral and undergraduate research, teaching, and service roles. A licensed clinical psychologist, he is a Fulbright Specialist in Japan, Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Past President of APA’s Division of International Psychology, and a National Register Legacy of Excellence Psychologist.

Craig is an esteemed Affiliate of the IVET Foundation and a co-founder of the Global Alliance of Values-based Education (GAVE).

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Dr Gladson Chikwa is an experienced education professional who has worked in Higher Education for more than 15 years. In this personal reflection he gives us insights into his growing up in Zimbabwe and his academic journey to the UK.

Gladson led institutional learning and teaching enhancement projects in different Higher Education Institutions in China, Oman and the UK. He proudly holds Fellow status of the Staff & Educational Development Association (FSEDA) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He has conducted research and published articles and book chapters covering different themes including learner autonomy, assessment and feedback, and technology-enhanced learning. He is the Founder and current co-chair of the International Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group (ITLSIG), a community of practice for sharing good practices in learning, teaching, and assessment as well as championing collaborative research in Higher Education. Prior to joining higher education, he worked as a Science/Biology Teacher in high school in Zimbabwe. Currently, he teaches on Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching and on the MA in Higher Education.

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In this enlightening podcast Neil is in conversation with Professor Terry Lovat who lives in Australia. Neil first got to know Terry when he was a Headteacher running the first explicitly Values-based state school in the UK. Terry was looking for examples of excellent practice in Values Education, which he was researching in Australia. In 2010 he published an incredible large-scale piece of research for the Federal Government, which evidenced conclusively the incredible impact personally, socially and academically of introducing positive human values into the education system in Australia.

Terry's research backed up Neil's research at Oxford University, which had shown that Values-based Education nurtures quality education, which should underpin all schools.

This podcast will be of great interest to teachers, policy makers and the general public. It's a must be listened to podcast.

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In this amazing podcast Tim Amaral will challenge you to think about how we should relate to young people in the education system. Shame is OUT and self-worth is IN!

Tim is an award-winning adult educator and teacher trainer from Salinas, USA. He specialises in the teaching and application of trauma-informed practices, social-emotional skills and needs-based responsiveness, for use in the classroom, workplace, and home. He is the creator of the SELf-Led Learning model.

Tim inspires educators to think about how they relate and connect with young people in the classroom.

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