The Optimus blog

The blog that inspires leaders in the UK education sector

The Optimus blog

The blog that inspires leaders in the UK education sector

Kirsty Ruthven

Kirsty Ruthven is the Head of Education at Lifting Limits, a charity that provides educators with the skills and resources to recognise, challenge and correct gender bias in schools and in the wider world.

An experienced school leader and advisor, she is studying for her Doctorate in Education at Roehampton University.

She loves teaching part time in a wonderful school nursery in London and getting to play all day!

You can find out more about the work of Lifting Limits at Liftinglimits.org.uk, on Twitter and on Instagram.

Latest blog posts

Kirsty Ruthven

School uniform: The gender debate

Kirsty Ruthven, Head of Education at the charity Lifting Limits, casts an eye over the school uniform debate through a gender-equality lens. We need school uniform to show our identity as a school. It’s important that we all feel part of a group (Year 5 pupil). I think we should wear our own...
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