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What (and How) Should We Teach our Children?
In the world of social media and ChatGPT, a post-Covid world and a world where climate change and war put everything and everyone under new strains and worse, what should our students – at school or university – be taught … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged broad and balanced, curriculum, Curriculum for Excellence, Simon Margison
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Hunstanton Sand
I’ve just started reading a book called The Spirit of Enquiry by Susannah Gibson, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, an interesting society of which I was once a committee member (as well as a prize-winner). I … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged Adam Sedgwick, Chladni's plate, lectures, standing waves
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Transferable Skills and Career Paths
I am honoured to have been invited to give the Gareth Roberts Lecture in Durham next month (in the Physics Department), following a long line of distinguished speakers. To be honest, I did not know that he had been associated … Continue reading
Posted in Careers
Tagged Civil Service, policy, Sir Gareth Roberts, transferable skills
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New Year, New You
We all know New Year’s resolutions tend to last no longer than the first week or two, but it does no harm to reflect at this time of year what might improve body and soul as well as output and … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged Churchill College, exercise, muscles
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