When the Second World War ended in 1945, Britain needed to rebuild the economy for its citizens and also so it could better compete in an increasingly globalised world. To drive improvements in public services and industry, it sought to expand the labour force with immigrants drawn from the Commonwealth, a group of countries most […]
Recently I was talking to a colleague who, prior to teaching, had worked in sales. He had this theory that teachers were salespeople whose role was to persuade learners to ‘buy into’ the concepts and topics they were studying. His strategy was to try and understand their educational needs and have empathy for their learning […]
Has Rosalind Franklin’s status as a ‘wronged heroine’ overshadowed her scientific achievements?
We often talk about the suffragettes. But how often do we talk about the suffragists?