Poor careers advice due to spending decisions by school leaders, skills minister claims
The skills and apprenticeships minster has warned there is “clearly something wrong” with schools where “not enough” good careers advice is delivered as he launched the government’s ‘comprehensive careers strategy’. But Robert Halfon dismissed that funding was the...
Health or education? The daily dilemmas of a student with sickle cell anaemia
From operating theatre to lecture theatre: living with sickle cell anaemia is a constant balancing actEvery student feels the pressure of assessments, deadlines and attending classes. But most don’t face the daily dilemma that I do living with sickle cell anaemia: do...
Knowing the names of things
Many people have written many thousands of words about the difference between knowledge and understanding, but I think Richard Feynman nails it here: You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely...
Primary school encourages students to wear slippers in lessons in bid to improve grades
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/30/primary-school-encourages-students-wear-slippers-lessons-bid/
Should academics boycott Donald Trump's America?
We face a difficult choice: stay away in solidarity with Muslim colleagues banned from the US or be there to lend support to critical voicesThe inauguration of President Trump poses a challenge to liberals inside the US and beyond; a truth brought home only too...
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