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NICE Consultation now open: PHSE Education Focusing on Sex and Relationships and Alcohol
TweetThe NHS National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has just opened a consultation inviting feedback on Personal, social, health and economic education. They are focusing on sex and relationships and alcohol education and inviting consultation on the draft guidance. The consultation is open from 17 June to 15 July 2010 and you can access [...]
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Now the election is out of the way, what’s happening to UK sex education?
TweetWe are now settling into a new government and the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition has led to a number of questions being asked about sex education. Specifically people are wanting to know what is the fate of school based sex and relationships education in the UK. Currently there is no provision for statutory sex education in [...]
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Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the field
TweetOne thing that has marked this election is the growing focus on science issues. This has partly been down to the interest of some politicians in the subject, and mostly due to the activism of a number of scientists (natural and social), science journalists and bloggers. The focus of these discussions has been around tackling [...]
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Young People betrayed as Sex Education in UK unlikely to be statutory
TweetOver the past few years there have been a number of developments in UK sex education. With rising STI rates and concerns over teenage pregnancy rates and relationship violence, it has been acknowledged by parents, teachers, politicians, healthcare providers and young people that sex education needed sorting out. Despite claims from faith groups (who have [...]
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What’s going on with sex education in the UK?
In this past week sex education has been hot news in the UK. Reporting on this issue hasn’t always been clear and I’ve been overwhelmed with emails from parents, teachers and health practitioners asking about what’s going on. Here’s my answers to the most commonly asked questions which hopefully should clear up any confusion and bring you up to speed on what’s happening.
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How television constructs sex – an evolving case study of a prime time sex series
This is a longer blog than usual that tracks my observations over the past few weeks a TV series I’ve been involved with. It looks at how ‘sex’ is framed for prime time television, and discusses whether our current approach to sex programming may not be presenting sex in accurate or informative ways.
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Why ‘coulda, shoulda, woulda’ doesn’t work in sex education (whatever age you are)
The very wonderful Heather Corinna of Scarleteen (one of the best sex education sites imho) has a thought provoking piece about the kind of messaging we use in sex education. Entitled 'You should wait for sex, but if you can't...' it tackles some of the problematic issues that arise when we talk about sex. Things that are often meant in a well-meaning fashion but which can lead to confusion, mixed messaging and sex negative undertones.
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Teaching abstinence makes teens delay sex? Here’s the evidence behind the media hype
In the news today is coverage of research suggesting abstinence-based sex education leads to children delaying sex and is better than other approaches to sex ed. But is this what the study actually found? Here’s the low down on the paper and what the findings really mean for sex education.
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Sex and relationships education guidance. Consultation launched today – have your say!
A new consultation is launched today to gather ideas about how we'll teach sex and relationships education in the UK. Read on for ideas about how to have your say.
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What do we want from sex and relationships education?