by Jenny Watson | May 4, 2020 | Behaviour, Education
I seem to have fallen into a homeworking/quarantine trap. While I fully support the declarations making their way around social media just now that it is absolutely OK not to feel like you should be self-improving during lockdown, I was genuinely bored and ready to do...
by Andy Habermacher | Sep 6, 2019 | Education, Neuroscience
So, who wouldn’t want to get the most out of their child’s brain – who wouldn’t want to have little child prodigy? In fact, this desire is so strong it’s considered a multi-million-dollar industry in the US. The only problem is that most of these ideas are junk....
by Andy Habermacher | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, Neuroscience
So it’s back to school time and some of you students may be excited to be back amongst your friends, some of you may be facing the prospect of critical exams, some of you may be dreading it, and some may find the whole school thing pretty tedious (I won’t say where I...
by Jenny Watson | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, HR, Neuroscience
When I finished university for the first time, I remember quite clearly saying “well, I am never doing that again”. In hindsight I should perhaps have waited until I’d left the stage at my graduation ceremony. The Dean, handing me my scroll, did not look as amused as...
by Jenny Watson | Sep 5, 2019 | Education, HR
Here’s an interesting number; 1,800. It’s the number of people who can fit on ten, fully loaded, Airbus A320s. Alternatively, it’s the number of people who can fit into two and a half Olympic sized swimming pools. Also, 1,800 is the number of new teachers that one of...
by Andy Habermacher | Aug 12, 2019 | Education, HR, Leadership, Personality
Well that would be nice, and the research does point to those late to bed and late to rise types being more intelligent and richer – but to be honest the measured differences are tiny so if you are trying to get rich there may be better ways to do it. Besides...
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