Chris Hillidge

Always a rescue animal! Don't mind what breed!

Ready to move into the Carpathians as we meet our mountain guides.

From blue skies to torrential rain. TCAT students head into the mountains in Romania!

A year down the line and England still doesn't have a comprehensive CPD offer for #science teachers.
#STEM teachers are harder to recruit, harder to retain and we know high quality, subject specific CPD helps.
So why is nothing happening?

Pleased to announce that the TCAT bid for Turing funding was successful, and we will be taking 45 #STEM students to #SouthAfrica for #RealWorld experience of working in this incredible region. #Research and #Ethical #EcoTourism.

Flooglebinder staff on the coast in West Wales

Chloe - the island geographer - working on fieldwork ideas with our group.

Bug burgers & pakora.

Catherine holding a hissing cockroach!

Thank you to Flooglebinder for an amazing weekend in West Wales. The coastal fieldwork session by @theislandgeogr.bsky.social was worth the long drive on its own - great ideas to integrate into our Watchet & Lyme Regis days. Also loved visiting www.thebugfarm.co.uk - delicious bug burgers!

Flooglebinder, a certified B Corp student travel company is making waves in conservation education by curating educational programs that create change for people and the planet

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#Scuba #Diving #ScubaDiving #TSN #TheScubaNews

I agree with lots of this, but London very much is 'distinct from the rest of the UK'.
The level of investment makes it so.
Come to most town's high streets, and you will see a stark difference.
This has nothing to do with immigration. It is chronic underfunding & mismanagement over decades.

This could apply to all three countries currently engaged in the conflict?

The things they have changed are the things that most effective schools do routinely.
How is their approach any different? And doesn't this suggest that the general approach taken by most schools was the right one to start with?

The things they have changed are the things that most effective schools do routinely.
How is their approach any different? And doesn't this suggest that the general approach taken by most schools was the right one to start with?

We should be subsidising #STEM degrees

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.

If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

Sounds like a sensible decision.
Time to put the focus back on the education of all our young people.

4 Trillion? This is not a serious piece of journalism.

Great #vegan food at Down The Hatch in Liverpool tonight!

Beautiful day in Manchester at the business school for another session with Glasgow University focused on #Digital Citizenship. Great to be working with such talented people

Bit of perspective for a Tuesday morning 🤣

James Hilton, the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, was also from Greater Manchester too.

From BBC coverage, you would believe that Reform had won a landslide GE (and not just come third in a Scottish by-election).

Great news.
Should have been implemented years ago.

opportunities to practice them - possibly because academic achievement is presumed and doesn't consume every minute of school time.

Skills such as teamwork, presenting your ideas, and influencing others are ones that build self-confidence and resilience and develop the ability to thrive in almost any work environment.
I see children in independent schools who exude these skills because they get

Promotional image by the Royal Society of Chemistry featuring a smiling individual and a quote encouraging nominations for the 2023 Excellence in Primary Education Prize.

“I was both stunned and elated to be recognised by such a highly regarded institution for the work I do.”

Your nomination could make a difference to someone like Stuart. Don’t miss the 2025 window: buff.ly/rZFrlW5 #ChemSky #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

There is a great bar on the platform at York (for after the event!)

Incredible story. Incredible athlete from Greater Manchester.
Contender for #SPOTY surely?

We'd be happy to host in one of our Warrington schools.

Of course it's raining!

I have visited quite a few countries over the past couple of years. They all seem to have better infrastructure and civic pride than the UK at present.

Despite the NPQs, most leaders progress up the ladder because they were good teachers. We have to accept as a profession that this doesn't always translate to being a good leader.
Also, there are huge differences in necessary skill set for different SLT roles.