The Big Future: Speaking to children in Nottingham and Leicester

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The Big Future: Speaking to children in Nottingham and Leicester
Published June 12, 2026

I wrote last week about why we should listen to children. This week, I have found myself thinking about what it means to give children a voice.  Sometimes, this is cultural. As I stood outside Nottingham University with my team, our conversation turned from the session with educational psychologists I had just taken part in, […]

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