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.
Ten years ago, a group of City business leaders, convened by Sir Win Bischoff of Citigroup, created Career Academies in the UK, taking their inspiration from a well-established programme in the United States. The idea was that young people from non traditional backgrounds should get a taste of big business during their six form studies. …
This morning, in just a few minutes time, at 8:15am, Hiroshima and Nagasaki will fall silent as tens of thousands of people pay tribute to the victims and survivors of the world’s first atomic bombs. In both cities will be young representatives of almost every nation in the world – Scouts, participating in the 23rd…
It’s the beginning of the school year, in England at least. 50 years ago, I was just starting school at Eaton House, on Eaton Square in Westminster – the same pre-prep school as Bear Grylls, as it happens, though he was there some time after me. My uniform included a green blazer, green cap and…
My address to delegates of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Forum 2015 in Toronto, Canada Your Royal Highness, Honourable ministers, Chairman, My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning. We are the people we’ve been waiting for. I was in the office of a ‘master of the universe’ the other day. Or at least that’s…
I left Shanghai this morning at about 10, meeting Paulo at the airport and spent a really pleasant couple of hours talking to him about a whole range of different issues. The flight to Jeju took a little over an hour and we were met off the plane by a reception committee of local Scouts….
At yesterday’s UK Scout Annual General Meeting, Fi Durrant, a young(ish!) Leader, presented a reflection before the main business of the meeting. It was brilliant. And it’s worth reading… http://fidurrant.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-scout-association-reflection-for-agm.html
