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Mary Wollstonecraft’s Wisdom
I came to Mary Wollstonecraft late, as it were, not even having come across her name until relatively recently. Perhaps that is a shameful admission, but I think she has become much more visible of late, not least due to … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Equality
Tagged retirement, roles, skills
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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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Innovation: New ideas and New people
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of delivering a public lecture with the above title in the beautiful interior of Hereford Cathedral. This unusual venue, a wonderful testament to the ingenuity of medieval builders, was chosen by the Engineering … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Engineering Professors Council, Hereford, innovation, Not just for the boys, skills
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Investing in People
We have all got used to the wonders of Zoom (or Teams if you prefer) over the last couple of years. It may have made academic life as we were used to it viable during the pandemic, but it has … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Education, Science Funding
Tagged apprenticeships, House of Lords, skills, solar panels
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The Problems of Measurement
How should we measure what is a good outcome from a university education? As David Willetts puts it in his latest report published through the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) ‘The Treasury cast their beady eye over the evidence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Further Education, inequality, mobility, skills
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