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The oracy opportunity

A visit to Madani Schools Federation, Leicester, joint winner of the ESU Oracy Culture Award 2021, shows us how speaking and listening is at the heart of everything it does

Alice Discover Your Voice Participant

Oracy and the Curriculum for Wales

Oracy runs through all areas of the Curriculum for Wales. This article explores how schools can embed oracy through their curriculum design alongside the new Welsh Curriculum

‘Speaking and listening are life skills, we should absolutely be teaching them to young people’

Meet Simon Bucknall, ESU member and co-host of the Speechless podcast

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Empowering the next generation: My experience as an ESU volunteer

Join student Hamza Nouman on his journey as an ESU volunteer, gaining skills, building a network and empowering the next generation of communicators

Front cover of ESU Oracy Awards 2023

The Hertfordshire & Essex High School awarded the ESU Oracy Culture Award

The Hertfordshire & Essex High School has been awarded the ESU’s Oracy Culture Award for 2023

Registration for ESU Competitions 2023-24 is open!

Discover the ESU oracy competitions

A history of the book in seven works

Just what is a book? Academic, author and former ESU Chair Professor James Raven introduces us to seven different works revealing just some of the multitudinous forms in which books have appeared

The route to a happier you

Foresight and innovation specialist Eleanor Winton tells us how to focus on what matters in a time of uncertainty

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