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Style v substance v real world

Posted on 7 February 2012, under Education Today

Almost all politicians, perhaps apart from Gordon Brown, have been accused of emphasising style over substance. Oddly enough, the better the hair of the politician, the more they are accused of a lack of substance. That may be bad news for Mitt Romney, but it does make me think about what debating should be focused [...]

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Lower School in the Trenches

Posted on 1 February 2012, under Broadening Horizons

Yesterday afternoon we were lucky to welcome Military Historian and TV History expert Andy Robertshaw to Haileybury to give two talks; the first to the Removes on soldiers’ experiences of the First World War, and the second to the Fifths on how warfare changed over the course of the 20th century (something they will be [...]

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History and Twitter

Posted on 23 January 2012, under Broadening Horizons

I am a relative newcomer to the increasingly all-consuming world of Twitter, having been alerted to its potential by none other than @BattenHse (otherwise known as Batten HM, Mr Angus Head). Like many, I had up to that point avoided signing up as I assumed it was mostly filled with people saying things like “having [...]

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Leading the global outlook

Posted on 8 December 2011, under Education Today

I was both dismayed and delighted to read the story on the BBC website this morning (8 December 2011) which reports that “business leaders are warning that students in the UK are lagging behind in developing an international outlook needed for a globalised economy” and that the British Council survey suggests that “employers are struggling [...]

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The value of reading

Posted on 1 December 2011, under Broadening Horizons

There can be few more enjoyable moments amid the hectic pace of boarding school life than walking the corridor outside the Removes and Middles dorms, in my case in Lawrence House, watching the pupils read before lights out. After a busy day of lessons, sport, activities and the inevitable social media socialising and electronic gaming [...]

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By Simon Smith with 1 comment