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A giant leap of learning for the education sector

We’ve been fortunate to work on some amazing projects over the years, none more so than our collaboration with Macclesfield College of Further Education. (more…)

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And breaaaaathe….

It was the last day of my PADI open water diving course, and I was 10 metres under the Devon sea. (more…)

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The Canteen

There are seven wonders of the modern world. I’m going to add an eighth: the school canteen. (more…)

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Who wants to be average?

Alex Linley wrote this paragraph a few years ago. It’s well worth reading… (more…)

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Alive Time

It was a morning like any other. Michael Phelps had just finished his first gruelling training session of the day, the kind he was famous for, three hours in the pool, thousands of metres covered, all before the average person has had breakfast. (more…)

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The Alchemist

You know it’s the Summer Term because it’s the Summer Term. In other words, it has been deemed to be so, so be it. It doesn’t necessarily bear any resemblance to summertime, but nevertheless: it’s arrived. (more…)

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Do less, BETTER

We are all so busy. Busier than busy. So busy we have needed to create a new name to outbusy the busy: busyness. (more…)

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George Farthing

This week we bring you a slightly tongue-in-cheek news story that’s based on real life events… (more…)

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Category Three

Apparently, all of us fall into the category of either ‘larks’ or ‘owls’, with our natural disposition suited to early mornings or late evenings. Teachers fall into a third category: both. (more…)

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We’re nine times richer and zero % happier

Let’s nip back three generations to your great-great-grandparents’ days… Leaving aside the miracle of surviving two world wars, life was physically exhausting. (more…)

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Podcast: S06E02

 “Clarity is a simple understanding that takes things off your mind… without you having to do anything.”
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Nothing

‘We always ask him what he did at school today, and the answer is always the same: “nothing”.’ (more…)

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