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Edufuturists
by Edufuturists
We are led to believe that the education system will continually evolve to meet the needs of learners and society. This has not happened. We need a revolution!
Episodes
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One Size Fits All Means One Size Fits None - Edufuturists Big Review Part 19 (#365)
#Edufuturists #FutureOfEducation #AIinEducation What if the biggest problem in education isn't workload, personalisation or even AI, but the things we've simply never stopped to question? In this episode, Ben and Steve are back in the studio for The Big Review Part 18, looking back at eight…
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Inclusion Can't Wait for an EHCP with Mykhailo Kalitkin (#364)
What if inclusion can't wait for a diagnosis, a plan or a nine-month waiting list, and every week we wait is a week a child loses?In this episode, Ben and Steve are joined by Mykhailo Kalitkin, a Ukrainian education entrepreneur who has spent more than 20 years working in education. After his son...
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Is Face-to-Face Learning Really as Good as We Think It Is? with Yusuf Ben-Tarifite (#363)
What if the biggest problem in education isn't AI, it's that almost nothing we already do has ever been tested for evidence the way a new drug would be? In this episode In this episode, Ben and Steve sit down with Dr Yusuf Ben-Tarifite - A&E doctor, social mobility researcher, and founder of Ava…
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Home-educated, not Home-Alone: The Live Pick & Mix Education Panel at MVA's Birthday Party (#362)
What if the man who invented modern American schooling didn't actually believe in it, not enough to send his own kids? In this episode, Ben and Steve take Edufuturists live on stage in front of an audience at Minerva Virtual Academy's (MVA) 5th birthday celebration, launching their new book, Pick...
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Caught between the AI hype and the AI fear with Trudi Barrow (#361)
What if the real danger of AI in schools isn't plagiarism, it's your own child telling you off for not saying "thank you" to Alexa?In this episode, Ben and Steve sit down with Trudi Barrow - Edufuturist of the Year 2026 - to talk about the messy, brilliant middle ground between traditional craft...
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Why One Size Fits All Education means One Size Fits None - guest hosted by David Cameron (#360)
What if the biggest problem in education isn't too much choice but not enough of it, for the people who need it most? In this episode, we sit on the other side of the mic as David Cameron puts our new book, Pick 'n' Mix Education, under the microscope. Built around the analogy of choosing sweets…
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Stop calling it personalisation - The Truth About AI in Education with Laura Knight #359
What if the biggest risk in AI and education isn't the technology at all, but the questions we've stopped asking?In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, Ben and Steve sit down with Laura Knight, former teacher and leader turned AI and digital education consultant, to pull apart what...
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Smart + Heart: Why Character Beats Control in Leadership with Stephen Klemich & Dave Jones (#358)
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, Ben and Steve sit down with Dave Jones and Stephen "Klem" Klemich to unpack Heart Styles, the character development framework built on 18 years of research into what really drives effective leadership, teaching and learning.Dave Jones is the founder of...
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Best Bits Part 17: The Conversations Still Bothering Us Weeks Later (#357)
Seven episodes, one big question: are we still having the same education arguments in 2026 that we were having a decade ago? In this episode, we sit down for our bi-monthly review, running back through seven recent Edufuturists conversations, pulling out the best bits, the sharpest provocations,...
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The Hardest Part of Teaching Isn't Workload with Grant Wootten (#356)
What if the biggest problem in schools isn't teachers resisting change, it's that they're never given enough safety to try it? In this episode, Ben and Steve are joined by Grant Wootten, founder of Edusfere, to unpack why so much of a teacher's best work disappears the moment they leave a…
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Is kindness a weakness in school leadership? with Joanna Povall (#355)
Is kindness in school leadership a weakness, or is it the one thing that actually stops your best teachers walking out the door? In this episode of the podcast, Ben Whitaker and Steve Hope sit down with Joanna Povall, principal, COBIS lead improvement partner, and author of Kind Leadership…
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Is school actually worth getting out of bed for? with Andrew Young (#354)
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we chat with Andrew Young, social sciences teacher, co-director of a Teaching School Hub in York, and author of Adaptive Teaching: Culture to Classroom, published by Crown House. Andrew has spent 14 years in education, from an unexpectedly early stint…
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Is your school already breaking the law? EU AI Act, Deepfakes & AI Literacy w/ Matthew Wemyss (#353)
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, Ben gets to sit down with AI pioneer and award-winning school leader Matthew Wemyss to unpack what AI literacy actually looks like when you stop treating it as a bolt-on subject and start building it into lessons teachers are already planning.Guest...
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Is youth unemployment a crisis? with Alex Levit and Stephanie Loeck (#352)
In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Alexandra Levit and Stephanie Loeck for a conversation about whether youth unemployment is really a "crisis" and what we should be doing about it either way. Alexandra Levit is a workforce futurist who has spent over two decades tracking the...
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Blowing up the PX Pipeline with Stephen Steinhaus (#351)
What if the one thing standing between a child and a lifetime of struggle is simply which adult happened to notice them today?Turning down a pro wrestling contract to study Shakespeare isn't the usual route into running a multi-academy trust but nothing about Stephen Steinhaus's journey has...
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How AI is for more than just teachers and students in education with Chris Loveday (#350)
What if the most important people in your school or college never set foot in a classroom?In this milestone 350th episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we sit down with Chris Loveday for a conversation years in the making - one that reframes who really drives an education organisation.Chris…
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What if the lessons that look most like play are actually the most serious teaching happening in your school? with Shahneila Saeed
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, Ben and Steve sit down with Shahneila Saeed for an extended version of a conversation that began at the Brilliant Festival. They dig into why play-based learning is rigorous pedagogy, how computing can be taught without a single computer, and what the...
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What are the blockers to true education transformation with Prof Sara de Freitas (#348)
In this episode, Ben and Steve sit down with Professor Sara de Freitas for an extended conversation following their meeting at the Brilliant Festival in Liverpool. It's a wide-ranging discussion about immersive learning, the bloated curriculum, serious games, assessment reform, and why the UK's...
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Chatbots, stickers, painting and pizza - The Big Review Part 15 (#347)
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, it's just Ben and Steve in the studio for The Big Review Part 15, looking back over seven recent conversations and pulling out the threads that connect them. From leadership and wellbeing to AI, integrity and creativity, this is a fast tour through the...
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Is creativity something you're born with or does it get taken from you? with Fredrik Haren (#346)
In this episode, Steve and Ben sit down with Fredrik Haren - the Creativity Explorer - for a conversation that's been months in the making. It's a wide-ranging, thought-provoking dive into what creativity really is, where it comes from, and why our assumptions about it might be completely...
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Is AI making students smarter or just better at avoiding thinking? with Annie Chechitelli (#345)
In this episode, we sit down with Annie Chechitelli, Chief Product Officer at Turnitin, to unpack one of education's most urgent tensions: how do you preserve genuine learning in an age where AI can write a passable essay in seconds? We go beyond the detector-versus-cheater framing to ask what...
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Why are we teaching kids to use tech instead of change the world with it with Natalie Moore (#344)
Are we teaching young people to consume technology - or to change the world with it?In this episode, Ben and Steve sit down with Natalie Moore, CEO of Apps for Good, to explore what it really means to put young people in the driving seat of their own learning - and their own futures. From a…
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Why your school wellbeing strategy isn't working and what to do about it with Charlie Burley (#343)
What if the biggest barrier to student success isn't curriculum, funding, or leadership - it's that we're burning out the very people holding it all together?In this episode, we sit down with Charlie Burley - The Teachers' Health Coach - to get real about the burnout crisis hiding in plain sight...
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AI isn't deskilling our kids with Dr Rob Wessman (#342)
What if the real risk of AI in schools isn't that it cheats - it's that it quietly switches off the parts of our brains we need most? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rob Wessman, VP of Ethics and Safety at School AI, to dig into one of the most important questions in education right now…
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How to use AI as a team member (not just a tool) with Kathryn Jablokow (#341)
What if AI could think more like a human - and what would that mean for education, teams, and leadership?In this episode, Ben and Steve sit down with Kathryn Jablokow, Dean of Engineering at Manhattan University, to explore one of the most fascinating ideas in AI right now: cognitive diversity....
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How to be a leader and stay the course of time with Patrick Cozier (#340)
This podcast episode is a brilliant conversation with Patrick Cozier, who shares his extensive experience in education leadership. The conversation goes into the challenges of decision-making, managing external pressures, leading with humanity, and the impact of paranoia in leadership.We also dig...
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Edufuturists #339 The Big Review Part 14
In this episode of the podcast, we reflect on another rich run of recent conversations from across the series in Review #14.We revisit key ideas from episodes featuring Nici Foote, Rita Bateson, Iain MacRitchie, Dr Emily Musil, Dr Robin Harwick, Danielle Finlay, and a wide range of voices…
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Edufuturists #338 Why Better Teaching Starts With Better Feedback with Danielle Finlay
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we are joined by Danielle Finlay, former headteacher, senior leader and now Head of Operations, Client Delivery and Change Management at Progress Teaching. Danielle reflects on her journey through education leadership, her deep commitment to pedagogy,...
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Edufuturists #337 Why Schools Still Teach Compliance Instead of Democracy with Dr Robin Harwick
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we are joined by Dr Robin Harwick, educator, research scientist and founder of the Pearl Remote Democratic High School in central Mexico. Robin shares her journey into education, her frustration with the long gap between research and classroom…
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Edufuturists #336 Why AI Literacy Can No Longer Sit on the Edge with Dr Emily Musil
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we are joined by Dr Emily Musil from the Milken Institute to explore how education, philanthropy and technological change are colliding in powerful ways. Emily shares her journey through higher education, EdTech and global learning projects, before...
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Edufuturists #335 Bett 2026 The Full Stack
In this episode of the podcast, we have mashed together all of our interviews from Bett 2026. We aren't going to lie...putting this together has been a nightmare and we almost didn't put it out. We lost footage, some of the audio tracks haven't transcribed and it's not really our best work.But…
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Edufuturists #334 The Power of Human Connection with Dr Iain MacRitchie
In this episode of the podcast, we get into a deep conversation with Dr. Iain MacRitchie about the transformative power of mentoring in education. We discuss the importance of building relationships, the role of failure in learning, and the need for a supportive education system that prioritises...
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Edufuturists #333 Balancing AI Literacy and Human-Centred Learning with Rita Bateson
In this episode of the podcast, we chat with our friend from over the short pond in Ireland, Rita Bateson, an expert in AI and education and founder of Eblana Learning. We explore Rita's journey in the educational landscape, the impact of AI on teaching and learning, and the importance of…
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Edufuturists #332 Why Learning Needs to be Messy with Nici Foote
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by the brilliant Nici Foote to discuss the importance of joy in learning, the challenges faced by neurodiverse students, and the need for personalised education. Nici shares her journey in education, emphasising the significance of creating engaging…
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Edufuturists #331 The Big Review Part 13 (10 Years & Counting)
In this special episode celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Edufuturists podcast, we reflect on a decade of conversations, insights, and growth in the field of education. We discuss the evolution of the podcast, the importance of community, and the future of learning, emphasising the need for...
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Edufuturists #330 Why Context Matters with Alex More
In this episode of the podcast, we welcome Alex More, an educational consultant with a rich background in teaching and leadership. The conversation explores Alex's transition from classroom teaching to consultancy, the complexities of continuing professional development (CPD), and the challenges…
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Edufuturists #329 Lights On Learning with Julia Black
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by creator of Lights On Learning, Julia Black who is a BAFTA and Grierson nominated documentary director, social entrepreneur and Master Neurocoach. Julia hosts an online global community for parents who are supporting learning in their own homes.…
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Edufuturists #328 Another Brilliant Festival - Highlights from Brilliant 2025
In this special episode of the podcast, we have a wonderful concoction from Brilliant Festival in Liverpool. We did some short interviews with some of the speakers and also presented our first thoughts around the Pick 'n' Mix Education we have been writing about for our upcoming book. The…
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Edufuturists #327 Flexible Learning for All with Hugh Viney
In this episode of the podcast, we get to chat Hugh Viney, the founder and CEO of Minerva Virtual Academy (MVA), winner of an award at Uprising 2025 and the fastest growing school in the UK. We explore the innovative approach of MVA, which offers a hybrid model of education designed to cater to...
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Edufuturists #326 Making Social Justice a Reality with Steve Rigby
In this episode of the podcast, we have the privilege of chatting with Steve Rigby, Chief Executive of the Rigby Group and philanthropist focused on making a difference in education. The Rigby Group employ more than 8000 people across Europe with a turnover of £4billion.We discuss the…
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Edufuturists #325 New Year, Same Us Big Review Part 12
In this episode, we reflect back on what has been an incredible 2025 and do a review of the last 8 episodes. We look ahead to some exciting updates for 2026, including the launch of our first book and lots of community developments. Chapters 00:00 New Year Reflections and Podcast Overview 02:40...
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Edufuturists #324 Why Community Isn't Just Events with EJ Quinn
In this week's podcast episode, we are joined by EJ Quinn, Head of Community Development @ Hyve Group who organise Bett UK. We dig into the importance of community in education, the challenges educators face, and how Bett UK is evolving to meet the needs of its attendees. We discuss the...
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Edufuturists #323 Wolfpack Christmas Special
In this very special podcast episode, we are joined by members of the Edufuturists Wolfpack from across the UK, all in festive gear and cheer! We loved being joined in the studio by Dave Leonard, Tara Jones, Christine Mayers, Gaz Lewis, Louisa Rose and Naomi Toland. Poppy Lemar was also due to be...
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Edufuturists #322 AI Bias with Victoria Hedlund
In this podcast episode, Victoria Hedlund joins us to discuss the intersection of education, AI, and bias, emphasising the need for awareness and action to address gender biases in educational content and how and where bias shows up for other groups. She explores how AI reflects societal biases…
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Edufuturists #321 Hope for the Future, Joy in the Present with Joe Lowther
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined in a thought-provoking conversation with Joe Lowther, who shares his journey from being a principal to leading KICK, a Christian organisation dedicated to transforming young people's lives through sport and support. The discussion covers the…
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Edufuturists #320 Futures Readiness with Alex Zarifeh
In this episode, we are joined by Alex Zarifeh, founder of ATLP Futures Readiness, who is helping young people AND adults navigate the AI Revolution. We discuss the profound societal changes brought about by technology, emphasising the need for critical exploration of these changes. Alex…
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Edufuturists #319 Endless Learning with Matt Dalio
In this episode of the Edufuturists podcast, we chat with Matt Dalio, who discusses the urgent need for educational reform to prepare youth for a rapidly changing workforce. We explore the importance of teaching skills that align with modern job requirements, the role of AI in education, and the...
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Edufuturists #318 How Do They Do It with Mark & Zoe Enser
In this episode of the podcast, we engage in a lively discussion with husband and wife guests Mark and Zoe Enser about their experiences in education, the challenges faced by schools, and their new book, 'How Do They Do It? What Can We Learn From Amazing Schools, Leaders and Teachers?'. The...
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Edufuturists #317 The Firefly Effect with Russell Cailey
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by the wonderful Russell Cailey to explore the challenges and opportunities within the education system. Russ shares his personal journey from a disengaged student to an educator passionate about reforming education. We discuss the importance of human...
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Edufuturists #316 The Big Review Part 11
This episode of the podcast is a big review of some of our most recent episodes and the lessons we have learned from them. The conversation explores the readiness and agility of young people in the face of change, juxtaposed (what a great word, btw!) with scepticism about the future developments...
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We are led to believe that the education system will continually evolve to meet the needs of learners and society. This has not happened. We need a revolution!
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