Education – Page 2 – Martin Stringer Quartet

Community Building for Students

I have been slowly re-establishing links with local universities here in the Midlands over the last few weeks, and catching up with friends and old colleagues. As part of this I have been contacting the chaplaincies at various Universities and have had some very interesting conversations. One of the things that has come through fromContinue reading “Community Building for Students”

Challenging Data and Dominant Discourses in Higher Education

There is a persistent discourse in higher educations, as I am sure there is in many walks of life, that things just ain’t what they used to be. This is in part a nostalgia for a half forgotten ‘golden age’, whenever that might have been. It is also seen in the seemingly ever-present discourse onContinue reading “Challenging Data and Dominant Discourses in Higher Education”

Backs to the Wall: Learning from Clause 28

There has been a certain amount of discussion in the higher education press recently about legislation passing through several States across the Atlantic that aims to curtail the teaching of critical race theory or particular approaches to trans-gender issues. The response, at least from those on the left, the so-called ‘woke’ community, is, understandably oneContinue reading “Backs to the Wall: Learning from Clause 28”

Being in the Top One Hundred: and why I will never get there.

Last week I attended what I think was my first live dance event since the end of COVID. It was a performance by the 2 Faced Dance Company at the Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea. The three pieces were very different, and the final item, Reduxed, which is noted as the companies most successful workContinue reading “Being in the Top One Hundred: and why I will never get there.”

Playing with the Big Boys (and Girls)

Last week in the Life Scientific on Radio 4, the interviewee spoke of his early career following troops of chimpanzees in Uganda. He was particularly struck by one young male, who was named Jingo. This chimp was not particularly large, but he was fast, and he played a particular role in the hunting parties ofContinue reading “Playing with the Big Boys (and Girls)”