Why we need to start a new conversation about boys and young working-class men in education  

Dr Alex Blower 

Founder, Boys’ Impact 

Dr Alex Blower is a researcher, writer and practitioner based at the Arts University Bournemouth. He is the founder of Boys’ Impact, a UK-wide collective of educational practitioners and researchers who are committed to improving educational outcomes for young men who are eligible for Free School Meals.… Read more

What essays of 11-year-olds tell us about the importance of gender norms

Uta Bolt –Research Fellow University of Bristol

Uta is a lecturer at the University of Bristol and a Research Fellow at the IFS. Her main research interest is the development of inequalities over the lifecycle and across generations.

Despite significant progress over the past decades, women still earn less than men.… Read more

Primary School Sports – What’s the Problem?

Should primary schools have separate girls and boys team for sport?

Peter Woolton has been a primary school practitioner for over 20 years. He volunteered in youth work and schools prior to his qualifying as a teacher. During his time in schools, he has held a number of roles including Class Teacher, Assessment Manager, Assistant Head Teacher, Curriculum Manager and Governor.… Read more

“Boys don’t play with girls!”

Preschool children’s role in reinforcing gender stereotypes in early childhood education.

Cathy Kilburn recently completed a PhD in preschool children’s experience of gender stereotype reinforcement and policing within early childhood education settings. She is a lecturer of early childhood education at the University of Hull.

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Breaking Barriers

The Transformative Power of Toilets

As a development professional with experience in the field of education in India, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of seemingly mundane interventions.… Read more

Good Practice in Action

A note from the winner of our Good Practice Awards, 2023

Abbie Freel is the Personal Development and Wellbeing Lead at Ormiston Herman Academy in Great Yarmouth. OHA was one of the 15 schools participating in a pilot last year to trial an adapted version of Lifting Limits’ Gender Equality in Schools programme, which will enable us to scale our work across the country.… Read more

Showing girls that politics is for them too

Telling girls from a young age that politics is for them and showing them role models is vital to getting more women into public life.

Lifting Limits’ Chief Executive, Caren Gestetner, has written a guest blog for Centenary Action about how gender stereotyping feeds the under-representation of women in the House of Commons (35% of MPs) and in the House of Lords (29% of Members).… Read more

Finding the women in history

By Karin Doull

Karin Doull is an Honorary Research Fellow at Roehampton University. She has been a fellow of the Historical Association was a Chartered Teacher of History (CT Hist) and writes extensively for the Primary History journal. She is also active in promoting history through workshops, webinars and conference seminars.… Read more