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Drive to the finish line #2

Kristian Still 17 Mar ’13 17 Mar ’13

Hard Facts An afternoon crunching numbers on the Office for National Statistics gives you the hard facts of the value of GCSEs qualifications. Based on hourly pay differences, year differences and an inflated 50 year work life, examples were contextualised and …

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Drive to the finish line

Kristian Still 9 Mar ’13 17 Mar ’13

This Friday, The Wellington Academy Yr11 ‘Drive to the finishline’ committee met and shared their 31 point plan to support students. The breadth and coverage of this plan is impressive, the committment to it even greater. In my new role, one area …

The complexities of mental health and wellbeing (for schools and colleges)30 Apr ’24
This week’s professional learning focused on the importance of a pupils mental health and wellbeing and how these two components influence a pupil’s cognitive development and learning, their physical and social health and their mental wellbeing journey through to adulthood. Within just a few hours …
Human Capital, Building Human Capability27 Apr ’24
This week I have mainly been discussing, reading and listening and reflecting on “human resources.” It has included conversations with CEOs, COO’s and People Professionals, PM Daily and listening to the CIPD Podcast. Somewhere in those lines of enquiry, Dave Ulrich‘s no-nonsense outlook rang my …
Employee Handbooks – People Professional21 Apr ’24
Having been responsible for on-boarding staff in three organisations, I have a vested interest in the “Employee Handbook.” Whilst not required by law in the UK, there are many positive reasons to both pen and consult on your “Employee Handbook.” First and foremost it enables …
ChatGPT Learner Coach Mark 421 Apr ’24
Four iterations on – I believe I have designed a powerful AND flexible ‘Learner Coach‘ PREPARE prompt for ChatGPT that tailors the learning experience to the learners prior knowledge, and confidence, and emphasises subject vocabulary. Here it is in action. First. coaching a relatively confident, …