Monthly Archives: September 2019

Project-based learning and craft-brewed beer

Posted on 22 September 2019 by Nicola Spaldin

One of the most enjoyable of my curriculum-revision tasks over the last weeks has been my participation in the “P2 team”, that is the Project team for Project-based learning (we could probably have done better with one very long german … Continue reading →

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Talking Leadership in Toronto

Posted on 22 September 2019 by Athene Donald

I’ve recently been in North America meeting up with Churchill College alumni, flying into New York City and out from Toronto, with a delightful flight with gorgeous views over New England in between. It was rather exhausting but was also … Continue reading →

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Red Lines Don’t Need to be Political

Posted on 8 September 2019 by Athene Donald

Despite the introductory couple of paragraphs, this is not meant as a political diatribe….it’s just hard to avoid parliamentary affairs currently. I did foreswear following Brexit news for several months after the last deadline in the spring for the sake … Continue reading →

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Lost and Wanted—A review of a new LabLit novel

Posted on 6 September 2019 by Steve Caplan

Having recently finished the novel Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger, I peeked at a smattering of the many reviews written about this novel, each claiming Lost and Wantedfor its own select cause: feminism/gender equality, race issues, friendship issues, parent-child issues … Continue reading →

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