Teachers Talk Radio

AI is often criticised for killing critical thinking. Timea Kadar and her guests, Professor Xue Zhou and Med Kharbach, are looking at examples, research, and case studies in education on how it fosters it.

In this fifth episode, PSHE lead and educator Clare Price considers how to prepare parents, staff and learners to cover the updated need to consider strangulation and suffocation in the 2026 RSE Guidance. She also looks at how using the example of Alison Hammond having a panic attack live on air might support learners in how to manage this in their own lives. Please note this episode should be listened to with caution due to the nature of the material included. 

Articles referenced include: 

Why dangerous teen sex choking trend is raising alarm - BBC News

Strangulation During Sex in the UK - November 2025

Addressing strangulation harms — what we learnt from talking to IFAS

Drugs and risky sexual behaviour KS4 | Y10 RSHE (PSHE) | Lesson Resources | Oak National Academy

Alison Hammond: 'I thought I was having heart attack on air' - BBC News

This week, the TES reported that the government has spent almost £5.8 billion clearing 90% of historic SEND deficits across 129 councils. Yet, despite this enormous financial intervention, the warning signs remain. Forecasts suggest that deficits could climb to £5.7 billion by 2027–28, with serious questions being raised about where the long-term funding will come from. But behind the billions, budgets and political promises are real children, families and school staff.

What does this financial crisis mean for inclusion, early intervention, EHCPs and the everyday reality of supporting pupils with additional needs? Will the proposed SEND reforms genuinely improve provision, or simply shift the financial pressure elsewhere? Is the reality that the support our young people need cannot be provided by a system that simply doesn't have the money?

Join Tony Harwood and Carl Smith on the panel.

We talk the end of half-term with some very direct contributions. Mental health at its forefront as ever.

In this show, Darren considers schools as liminal spaces and explores some of the famous Japanese ghost stories set inside them.