Shaping the social entrepreneurs of the future
Shaping the social entrepreneurs of the future – Social Enterprise writes about Young Enterprise
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New eyes – one week on
Went back to the clinic for a one week check-up today. The good news is that the vision is improving all the time. I was able to read the bottom line of the sight chart after blinking. However, at the moment I have developed long sightedness. This is likely to settle over the coming weeks…
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New eyes; one day on…
It’s now just over thirty hours since I had my eye surgery. The results are extraordinary. I went to bed last night feeling pretty content. I put on the special eye shades (taped in place with micropore) that would stop me from rubbing my eyes in my sleep. When I woke this morning, I reached…
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A life changing experience…
Well, after years of prevaricating, I have finally gone and had it done. Today, at about 10:30 am, I went under the knife (or more accurately laser) and had my eyes operated upon. I used Optimax, and they were pretty good. A few weeks ago I went through an initial consultation, which was much more…
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Social Mobility
Today, Alan Milburn published his independent report on the state of entry to the professions by young people from backgrounds other than the most wealthy. It has been a slow news day, so the report has stayed as a major headline all day – giving me the opportunity to play media tart for a few…
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City reaches out to young talent
BBC Online features the work of Career Academies UK
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Good old EasyJet
I’m writing this sitting in the departure satellite at Geneva airport. It’s nearly quarter to eleven at night and my flight back home was meant to leave at seven. The executive lounge kicked us out half an hour ago and those of us bound for London are now the only passengers left in the airport….
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The National Cafe
Most of the London based team at Career Academies (those without other commitments such as babies or small dogs to look after) went out to dinner this evening. We chose The National Cafe on St Martin’s Lane. I think it was the V&A’s restaurant, about twenty years ago, that coined the phrase “a great caff…
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Bluewater 10k
1 hour to do 10k. Not my most brilliant performance, but the first piece of real exercise since the Edinburgh Marathon, so not altogether disappointing either. It was very, very hot, even at 8:30 in the morning and the course was an undulating one with a particularly nasty climb about half way round. Great medal…
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TES Schools Awards
A chance today to catch up with a few old friends at the first ever TES Schools Awards. One of the finalists was Chadsmead Primary in Lichfield, where I started my teaching career. Lester Davies is still headteacher and he had travelled down to London with two of his staff to attend the ceremony. He…