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Monthly Archives: August 2020
What I Did In My Summer Holidays
The Gee Family had planned to spend the past week in Wales, but we postponed our trip until next year after a well-placed tzores sauce source told us that there’d be sheep at the border with guns. Instead we vacationed … Continue reading
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Investing in Education and the Levelling Up Agenda
Early years provision has suffered during austerity, and is continuing to see cutbacks, as Polly Toynbee pointed out last week. Yet children who fall behind at the outset of their education will find it very difficult to catch up later. … Continue reading
Posted in Augar Review, education, Further Education, social mobility
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In which Frank leaves the building
Martin onstage at “Trop-a-Delic” Last night I lost a friend. I couldn’t think of a more graceful way to start this post, as I am still a little bit in shock. But last night, I lost a friend.
Posted in Music, Obituaries, The ageing process
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In our elements
I have been coming to the Lake District on and off for much of my life. It is my favourite corner of England. I first came in 1981 when I was seventeen, as one of half a dozen venture scouts … Continue reading
Posted in Scientific Life
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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In which business is not quite as usual: the post-first-wave lab resumes
Suspended animation: the lab awaits the return of its researchersBusiness as usual is the sort of mentality that’s probably only certain in retrospect. At the moment, the jury is still very much out. My lab reopened its doors a few … Continue reading
Posted in academia, careers, Domestic bliss, Epidemics, Gardening, Joshua, staring into the abyss, The profession of science, work-life balance
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Reflections on a Mad Week in Higher Education
Readers from the UK can hardly fail to have noticed the confusion across the HE sector caused by last week’s A level ‘results’. I recall how many people had been voicing fears during the past months that the disadvantaged would … Continue reading
Posted in #honourtheoffer, A levels, education, widening participaation
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We Don’t Need No Edyucayshun
My two penn’orth on the exam-results debacle – What needs to happen is a complete rethink in how pupils are assessed, and before that, a thorough overhaul of education. It’s far too academic, too early. On the whole, education is … Continue reading
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