As part of the Ragged Library, Dr Gillean McCluskey, the head of Moray House’s Institute for Education, Community and Society at University of Edinburgh suggested ‘The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone, (2010) R Wilkinson, and K Pickett, published by Penguin’…
I have written the texts of 2 pamphlets HANDLING ELEMENTARY CAMERAS and TROSSACHS PHOTOHIKES These require illustrations I can provide MONOCHROME enlargements taken with different types of elementary cameras for the first booklet and also monochrome enlargements to illustrate most of the Hikes in “Trossachs Photohikes “
Somewhere in my document mines I have factsheets explaining monochrome development , enlarging photographic optics the effects of filters operation of roll film cameras semi adjustable cameras fully adjustable German all metal cameras and the Zenith single lens reflex cameras Read more…
What we have witnessed in the last 20 years is a series of programmes of change failing to achieve their intended outcomes. Customer Care, ISO 9000, TQM, ABC, BPR. All the research and experience show that the latest panacea does no better than its predecessors.
Over and over again improvement programmes are thwarted by commonly-known but illusive forces. The problem labelled as ‘organisation culture’, which typically leads to rationalisations like ‘change takes time’, or ‘each programme is an element in the total change programme’. Read more…
The expansion of the state remit to include education resulted from the Forster Education Act of 1878 and the Balfour Education Act of 1902. Although it was always intended that this expansion would give expression to a variety of educational aspirations and ideals, it was also firmly linked to an overriding pragmatic concern: The need to create a highly differentiated labour force equipped to fill the range of occupational roles appropriate to the advancement of a modern industrial society. Read more…
As part of the Ragged Library, David Jarman, School of Marketing, Tourism and Language, Edinburgh Napier University suggested ‘Connected: The Amazing Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives’…
As part of the Ragged Library, Keith Smyth, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Edinburgh Napier University suggested ‘Molesworth, M., Scullion, R. and Nixon, E. (Eds.) (2010). The Marketisation of Higher Education and Student as Consumer. Oxon and New York: Routledge.’…
Published in 2010 (paperback 2011), The Marketisation of Higher Education and Student as Consumer presented a timely, and still invaluable, critical consideration of the state of Higher Education in the UK set against a backdrop of post-war education sector reforms and within the context of government policy being introduced as we entered the current decade.
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I use the ancient craft of storytelling to enable individuals and group to reflect positively upon the critical issues of their life. I truly enjoy the opportunity to share this craft through storytelling in a variety of environments where people are seeking intuitive answers to difficult and challenging questions about their lives. These places include formal (school, colleges, etc) and informal educational spaces (community and healthcare centres, hospitals, etc), where I run exciting and dynamic experiences in the form of workshops, courses, seminars.
Everyone who has participated find that their unique voice and value explodes and expands, and immediately apply this embedded learning to their unique and beautiful lives. What I do is created for the individual and group to experience, empower and create environments for peaceful co-creation and co-existence.
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