Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to restore public access to the Multiverse online professional development materials for teachers, archived by the Department in 2011, including the research contributions of individual educators who have since lost access to their publicly-funded work; and whether she will consider commissioning an update and relaunch of those materials.

The 'Multiverse' materials were published online to support teachers to address complex issues which lead to hate crimes and social division. These resources for teachers were de-commissioned in 2010. Since 2016, the department has provided comprehensive advice and a wide range of classroom resources covering key stages 1 to 5 on our Educate Against Hate website, to support teachers in protecting children from extremism and radicalisation, building resilience to divisive narratives, and promoting fundamental British values. These resources can be found at: https://www.educateagainsthate.com/.

The site is regularly updated so that it continues to be a live and relevant source of support. We work with education professionals and civil society groups to identify and produce high-quality resources to assist teachers to build pupils' critical thinking skills and resilience to extremist ideologies.