
Simon Lightman
Educational philosopher practitioner and sustainability education leader; Head of Philosophy at King Edward's School, Witley; Co-Chair of SEEd (Sustainability and Environmental Education).
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Jun 15, 2026
Rethinking Education in a Changing World (featuring Simon Lightman)
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13:37speaker_1HOST
Um, and so I wonder, Simon, what do you think that teachers or that young people need as they're training to be educators, um, as they're getting ready to enter this field? You know, if we were to, to, um, you know, transform, uh, a little bit of that system before we can continue working on transforming the school systems that we're all in already, what do you think we need?

Simon LightmanGUEST
Just yesterday, I was reading the Times Educational Supplement, which is the, the preeminent sort of, uh, newspaper in the UK for education stuff.

Simon LightmanGUEST
And I can't remember the statistics off the top of my head, but the numbers were truly quite frightening.

Simon LightmanGUEST
I think it was over 60% of people saying that they will leave the profession within a few years.

Simon LightmanGUEST
Um, a significant proportion saying that they have no interest in moving up into leadership.
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20:59speaker_2HOST
So, like, h- how do you create that space for ethical leadership, um, with that climate?