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An Anthropological Experiment in Birmingham
I’m not sure that spending my last day as Master of Churchill College at the Conservative Party Conference would have been quite what I expected, but so it was. I was in Birmingham – just as I was in Liverpool … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science Culture
Tagged apprenticeships, Conservatives, David Willetts, Robert Halfon, skills
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More Than A-Levels
Last week saw the annual media interest in A-Level results (at least in England). Commentators noticed, for instance, the substantial increase in STEM subjects, with over 100,000 students taking Maths. This figure was remarkable as it was the first time … Continue reading
Not Knowing Where You Are Going
One of the initiatives I started when I became Master of Churchill College was a series of public conversations with eminent women, many – but by no means all – academics. To start with I was quite nervous: would I … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Culture
Tagged A levels, Churchill College, Fens, Science 2040, Sharon Peacock
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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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