A presentation I made to voluntary youth leaders in Oxfordshire today…
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A presentation I made to voluntary youth leaders in Oxfordshire today…
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Opening speech at the 10th Conference of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Regional Conference for Europe, the Mediterranean and Arab States – 11th September 2017, Hotel Pestana, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, members of the regional government of Madeira, distinguished guests, It is an absolute delight for us all to be…
Another milestone for Career Academies UK, as we held our first residential training course for teachers. 40 schools and colleges were represented, making this our biggest Year of Planning group ever. They’re going to be a great group too. Lots of enthusiasm to push the employer engagement agenda forward. A strong commitment to raising young…
Dear organisers of Cheltenham’s Half Marathon, Hundreds of us acted in good faith, followed your race briefing, but were unable to run this morning because the traffic confounded our attempts to reach the event at Cheltenham Racecourse, with its “ample free parking”. My story is probably typical of those of many other frustrated, disappointed and…
Today was one of those days that reminds me why this role is such a privilege. I spent much of the day with the judging team working our way through an extraordinary number of nominations for this year’s High Sheriff’s Awards. It was, in truth, a difficult task – not because of any shortage of…
Meet my friend Matt. Videogame software designer and world traveller. A true Millennial individual, whose values are as different from those of Joan Armourtrading’s hit “Me, myself I”, as chalk and the proverbial cheese. What sort of a world are he, his generation and the generation we’re currently educating going to inhabit? It’s one where…
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced today that it will support every school in developing and running its own business through the Enterprise Champions Programme. I welcome the announcement which supports my belief (and that of Young Enterprise) that young people of all ages deserve the opportunity to develop the enterprise and…