…the same courses at the same universities, having read the same books, heard the same lectures and even been taught by the same tutors.’ With such very similar upbringings it…
Three t-shirts, four states and five US colleges
…as an American undergraduate in and around one of the nation’s most prestigious colleges. The first day entailed everything Yale – a campus tour, a bookstore visit, two lectures from…
Moving Up the Great Gatsby Curve
…Gatsby is one of the great works of American literature capturing a time of excess during the 1920′s. The rise and fall of the book’s central character, the enigmatic millionaire,…
Nature and nurture
…there is an appreciation that success in life is not just about being clever in this narrow sense. Read Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, for a compelling case on why we…
Bridging the knowledge gap
…and teachers is so important. But perhaps the most elling insight concerns the ‘knowledge gap’. Debra Kidd explains it in her review of John Hattie’s latest book, Visible Learning and…
Making a Statement
…student. Don’t repeat what you are studying at A-Level. Break some new ground and do some real research and thinking. 9. Listing books or activities is not going to show…