In an uplifting episode, Kenny Primrose, Head of Character Education and an experienced teacher of religion and philosophy in one of the UK’s largest schools, talks to Susan Pallister about…
Episode 14: Leadership: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? With Ian Lowe and Patrick Amieli
This week’s episode features Ian Lowe, an experienced CEO and co-founder of Ethical School Solutions. Sean O’Toole, the winner of ‘Educational Consultant of the Year’ in 2013, once referred to…
Episode 13: There & Back Again: Teaching & Learning in the Pandemic Years with Charlie Hammel
In this episode, Charlie Hammel, Deputy Headteacher at St Swithun’s School, talks about the impact of the pandemic on teachers and pupils, the challenges initially posed by remote learning, as…
Episode 12: The Next Chapter with Dr Jill Berry
Dr. Jill Berry, former headteacher, author & educational consultant, discusses her 2016 book, Making the Leap: Moving from deputy to head. Jill also talks about her lifelong interest in literature…
Episode 11: Sustainable Professional Development for Teachers with Joyce Matthews
Global award-winning facilitator, Joyce Matthews explains how the ‘School Leader Facilitation Programme’, which she designed, and is endorsed by Education Scotland, has helped to transform and empower teachers across the…
The Searchers: the Quest for the Lost of the First World War
By the end of World War One more than 500,000 British servicemen were missing, lost forever on the battlefields of Western Europe. Robert Sackville-West’s book, The Searchers: the Quest for…
Episode 10: Untangling You with Dr Kerry Howells
Dr Kerry Howells, award-winning educator, author, and gratitude expert joins Susan Pallister to discuss her latest book Untangling you: How can I be grateful when I feel so resentful? Kerry…
Untangling You: how can I be grateful when I feel so resentful?
Very occasionally a book comes along that can make a real difference to your life. For me, ‘Untangling You’ was that book! It really helped me to process some of…
Looking Back on the Past
Autumn 1970: I remember getting up incredibly early as it was my birthday; I can still recall those cold winter mornings between 1969 and 1971, which were darker for longer,…
