Martin Illingworth

Martin Illingworth is Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, Associate with Independent Thinking, and author of Think Before You Teach (2015) and Forget School (2020).

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The time to act is now Blog

8 April 2025

The time to act is now

Martin Illingworth highlights the potential of the postpandemic educational landscape to stimulate a much-needed conversation…

Martin Illingworth

The Poets Need to be Us Features

1 March 2023

The Poets Need to be Us

Martin Illingworth argues that poetry comes alive in the classroom when we – the teachers…

Martin Illingworth

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