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Notions of "pupil voice" and "listening to young people" are all the vogue at present, and many schools have class reps and school councils, with some schools even involving pupil reps on interview panels for new staff. Clearly, with the RSA’s interest in democratising education these themes tend to emerge at events and projects with which we’re involved – recent examples include a QCDA/RSA seminar exploring pupil agency in schooling; and the launch of the campaign for Whole Education here at the RSA this week, where presenters included a range of young people, from school pupils to apprentices. Indeed, "young people" (apparently meaning anything from age 13-30) are now officially represented on many bodies including government panels by a designated "young person".
