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Carmel Kent's Reflections on Opening The Harbou...

Opening The Harbour, a Self Managed Learning centre in Oxford, brought together two strands of my life that had rarely met — my academic and personal journeys. As an academic,...

Carmel Kent's Reflections on Opening The Harbou...

Opening The Harbour, a Self Managed Learning centre in Oxford, brought together two strands of my life that had rarely met — my academic and personal journeys. As an academic,...

Setting Up SML Hub Liverpool

What began as two home-educating mums trying to plug a gap for their adolescent children, evolved into something deeply transformative. Setting up SML Hub felt like a journey in the dark...

Setting Up SML Hub Liverpool

What began as two home-educating mums trying to plug a gap for their adolescent children, evolved into something deeply transformative. Setting up SML Hub felt like a journey in the dark...

AI: The End Of Civilisation?

When I was scribing for a student doing his GCSEs in the summer I pondered on the instrument that I was using. A ball-point pen – or biro as we...

AI: The End Of Civilisation?

When I was scribing for a student doing his GCSEs in the summer I pondered on the instrument that I was using. A ball-point pen – or biro as we...

Quantum Theory & Self Managed Learning - And Th...

I once heard a distinguished physicist describe Quantum Theory as a major problem because: It accounts for all the known facts. It makes no sense. His error was to attempt...

Quantum Theory & Self Managed Learning - And Th...

I once heard a distinguished physicist describe Quantum Theory as a major problem because: It accounts for all the known facts. It makes no sense. His error was to attempt...

You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

In conversation with a father he used the old expression: ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’. He was referring to his daughter, who is profoundly deaf. The daughter...

You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover

In conversation with a father he used the old expression: ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover’. He was referring to his daughter, who is profoundly deaf. The daughter...

Going to the Big School? Choices in Secondary S...

Size Matters The transition from a small primary school into secondary education is an issue for many parents. There are serious choices to be made for children at this age....

Going to the Big School? Choices in Secondary S...

Size Matters The transition from a small primary school into secondary education is an issue for many parents. There are serious choices to be made for children at this age....