Getting Involved with Green Issues
The weather we’ve been having recently makes it easy to feel, as we start the second half of term, that...
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The Media
Learning the new shorthand is a barrier to employability
For our fore-mothers, learning shorthand as part of a repertoire of secretarial skills was considered a vital attribute in preparing...
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Intellectual Curiosity – Digesting The Digital Diet
Being curious enough to ask the right questions of our 21st century digital world is more important than ever. Having...
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Still running a girls’ school
I’ve written and said a lot in recent years about teenage mental health issues. The challenge for transgender young people...
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Trashy TV – ‘truly appalling’ or does it have its value?
Caitlin Moran wrote in last Saturday’s Times about watching trashy television with your teenage children. It struck a chord with...
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13 reasons why I hate Netflix’s ‘teen-shock’ shows
13 Reasons Why has been a cult hit for Netflix. Any hope that the show, which revolves around a young...
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Should Rachel Riley be the most well-known mathematician in the country?
Well, let me start by answering my own question here: she’s not well-known for being a mathematician and I doubt...
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