Entrepreneurial Advice Nobody Gives You

You just have to go on a journey. Vital lessons every…

A tale of two Colleges

I was at a meeting yesterday and raised my eyebrows when it was declared that the new North East Scotland College was a merger of 4 institutions. Luckily my position was endorsed by a current employee who chipped in and explained that when the Scottish FE estate was re-organised into…

ipads, (or raspberry pi) or …

Gillian Perry, ex primary school Headteacher (of twenty years) was just a warm-up for Johann: evolutionary biology PhD student, ex-dance teacher and for the last six years IT development leader at a failing school in Sweden. There had been much effort (a series of motivational…

There’s a new College in Town

When I worked at the IT Centre in Aberdeen College I was always impressed that the other departments were decorated to resemble what they endeavoured to teach, eg Travel & Tourism was taught in a mock Travel Agency.

Canal(s) of Aberdeen

My tourist-style attempted identification of the course of one English Roman canal — the Cardyke — was far from easy…

Certainty @BucksburnAcad (tech to lect)

(A presentation to parents & S1-S3 pupils reviewing STEM opportunities)

Tree Study Route Map

The safe preamble to Seaton Park has several trees to observe from Evergreen to Beech & even a non native Monkey puzzle…

Tree Identification — some thoughts #1

Outdoor instructions, begin: “Ensure that you are looking at a large tree — 30 metres high, note the shape…Now go in closer, is the bark smooth or rough…Look at the…

Great Aberdonians#?: Lord Byron

Last night I was lucky enough to attend a talk, the final one (but my first !), in the 3 year series: Great Aberdonians, organised by Aberdeen City Council and University. Dr Adam Hanna lectured eloquently about Byron.