Posted by: mimanifesto on: February 7, 2011
Councils all over Scotland are rushing headlong into the newspaper headlines with their ever more outrageous and outlandish schemes to save money in education. And they are getting wilder and more extreme every day. Hot on the heels of South Lanarkshire threatening successful nursery establishments with closure, axing services to children with special needs, and [...]
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 19, 2010
Electronic voting systems (EVS) are something I’ve been interested in for some time now. Over the course of this academic year, I’ve had a small scale research project on the go with a couple of my first year classes. this was another collaboration with Glasgow University Psychology dept and was the subject of a recent [...]
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 30, 2008
Back in May I travelled to Finland on an LTS funded individual study visit. I’ve just written the interim report on my activities and observations, one of the conditions of funding. I thought I’d post it here as well for anyone who is interested in reading my thoughts on the trip and the possible impact on my [...]
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 8, 2008
I had a great day today, you know the sort of day I mean. One where all the thoughts and debates you’ve had about the way you’d like to work are vindicated by seeing someone else actually putting this into practice. I visited an upper secondary school in Sipoo, a town to the west of [...]
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