Flexischooling was in the news last week in Scotland, as Aberdeenshire Council debated a motion that would 'allow flexischooling' in the county. There have been numerous press articles, and helpful, 'what is flexischooling' explainers. Radio Scotland's morning phone-in show devoted…
The second in our series of podcasts gives you the chance to eavesdrop on the Results Fair at our Final Event in November 2018. The Results Fair was opened by Katherine Mathieson, CEO of the British Science Association, and features…
Who flexischools their kids and why? Which local authorities support flexischooling? The Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang's research used Freedom of Information Requests of local authorities, interviews with parents and interviews with teachers to find out more about flexischooling.…
The PSG Final Event #parentsdoscience Parenting Science Gang is funded by Wellcome for a two year period and we’re coming towards the end of our project. Over the last 21 months, our 2000+ citizen scientists have achieved amazing things. They've created…
We can't wait for our Final Event this weekend. Here's a sneak peek at our schedule. Our keynote Welcome speech will be by Dr Alice Jones, Director of Goldsmiths University Unit for School and Family Studies. She will talk about what Parenting…
In February last year, Parenting Science Gang opened its doors and four groups of parents stepped up to the challenge of doing to some real science about the issues that parents care about most. Since then we've had another four groups join…
Breast Milk Experiment - The Results! You may remember that back in February, over 100 mums went to Charing Cross Hospital to donate milk for a breast milk experiment designed and run by Breastfeeding Older Babies and Beyond (BOBAB) PSG and UK Breastfeeding and Parent Support…
Image: Piron Guillaume on Unsplash Is there a middle way between home education and full-time school? We, the Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, know that many parents in Scotland choose for their children to attend school part-time and spend the rest of…
Image: Delfi de la Rua on Unsplash Wow - it's been 16 months since we launched Parenting Science Gang! So what have we been up to? There isn't really a road map for starting a novel user-led citizen science project for…
GDPR is here! We have a shiny new privacy policy on the PSG website which contains details on how we use personal data. PSG on the road We love how easy it is to join in on Facebook, but sometimes it's nice…