‘Gen Z should not be characterised, or stereotyped, as slackers or snowflakes. The extent to which they will uphold their personal values about, for example, equality or work/life balance should not be conflated with a reluctance to work hard’. Gen Z key characteristic no.4 - diligent

Of all the key characteristics of Gen Z I describe it is this one which raises eyebrows the most often. If you want to understand this generation, you really need to understand this.

There may be plenty of jobs around. The same cannot be said of careers.

Gen Z is the generation which attended the secondary schools I led from 2006 to 2018. In recent years I have seen Generation Z described in ways I did not recognise, or appreciate.

This is the first of a series of blogs about them and their huge, as yet mostly untapped, potential to meet the challenges of today.

Here are 5 questions you need to consider

There are many possibilities for a workplace to become more equal, diverse and inclusive post-pandemic if an organisation chooses to pursue them.

Today’s year 1 students will take their GCSE examinations in 2031 and they will not expect an education which is stuck in the past.

If you say ‘yes’ to a lot of things, it can take you into some really different places.

New services, new site, new look.

A public health approach can work in education too.

When all of this is over too many young people will not go back to a mainstream school.

The first step for those who need to see some hope.

When you hope you do not recognise the names.