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ByJohn MayAnother 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…
We don’t like cricket; we love it…
ByJohn May“I am from a rural township in South Africa and I have been playing cricket for 4 years. Here I am standing in front of you at Lords. It is an honour beyond my biggest dreams.” In 2007, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy was working for his Bronze Award. As part of his service to the…
The Oxford University Officers’ Training Corps Annual Dinner
ByJohn MayLast night’s Annual Dinner of the Oxford University Officers’ Training Corps was one of those occasions that manages to feel both timeless and thoroughly contemporary. Held in the magnificent surroundings of Balliol College, the dinner brought together more than one hundred officer cadets and their guests, filling the hall with that distinctive mix of ceremonial…
The times they are a-changin’
ByJohn May“Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now” – Bob Dylan It now looks as though the result of the UK’s election could have been down to young people turning out in their droves to vote. Talk of a 72% turnout for 18 to 24-year-olds has been doing the…

