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joinwpat.co.uk please share. We're excited to be searching for someone to create a KS3/4 offer as we open up our first Y7s class to create the 1st all through school in Warrington, a unique chance to lead, plus a new Primary HT for a 400+ pupil school in our Trust. All details in link. Thanks

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

German experiment gave people a basic monthly income – the effect on their work ethic was surprising | CNN A German experiment has found that people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments.

"German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising"

"people are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments"

#UBI
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Great event in wilmslow today for half marathon. So well organised with amazing volunteers. Not the time I wanted but still so appreciative I can take on these challenges & enjoy them. A bit more patience & careful injury management is needed on my part.
#EduRunners #mowcoprunners

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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Elbows up, Canada.

Andrew Ramwell and Bernard Clarke from Know and Do Ltd

On this day 15 years ago these two younger looking fellas formed Know and Do Limited. We struck out on our own to try our hand at management consulting. I've loved the people we've met on the way, the variety of businesses and enterprises. My big thanks to Andrew Ramwell for the partnership!

Meanwhile, the appalling realities of Russian aggression in Ukraine continue. Local officials in Ukraine say at least one person was killed in the Black Sea port of Odesa and five others wounded in the eastern city of Kharkiv after Russia launched a wave of drones overnight.

Yes the Peak District is so unpredictable. I've only been on this Tor once before, in freezing temp, thick fog & heavy rain in August! Always worth the effort. Hope your next visit is better.

Bernard posing for a selfie overlooking a reservoir 😂

Sunny view of Goyt Valley

Clear day's view of Peak District from ridge up to Shining Tor

View of the Peak District from Shining Tor

Enjoyed a winter sun run around Goyt Valley & Shining Tor this am. Such a treat to have the Peak District so close. It was perfect weather for muddy trail run. A surprise to meet running mates out too. My knee held up on the hills & miles today so hopeful of longer runs in the spring
#EduRunners

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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it... George Bernard Shaw.

When you put it like that, you see how nonsensical it is.

The development of Birth to Five Matters guidance: reflections on the critical agency and collective advocacy of an English early childhood coalition In 2019, the English government embarked upon revision to the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) document and to associated non-statutory guidance. At the time, concerns were raised that...

Birth to 5 matters is such a great document and it’s wonderful to see the DFE actively sharing it and promoting its use.
This is an excellent reflection on how those in the sector can work together in the best interests of children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A fact is information without emotion. An opinion is information shaped by experience. Ignorance is an opinion without knowledge. And stupidity is an opinion that rejects facts.

Much of what we think & believe isn't fact-based. We have 1st impressions, gut or funny feelings, fears, & sympathies. We've become a bit lazy about finding out facts, & it's getting increasingly harder. But it still remains our main, most important job.

#GoodMorning, everyone.

"I'm thinking of selling Greenland to Canada just to spite him." Cartoon: Guy Venables

"I'm thinking of selling Greenland to Canada just to spite him."

Cartoon: Guy Venables

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

Monday at 9am is the closing date for this Project Coordinator role so there's still time to apply. The team are looking forward to reading the applications! 🙂 #edujobs #npq #ecf #teachingschoolhub

Warrington Primary Academy Trust Vacancies

Generate Teaching Hub has a vacancy to coordinate CPD to teachers & leaders across all schools in Warrington Halton & Wigan. Education experience is not essential. Suits an organised people person! FT or PT term time. Cd 3rd Feb.
www.wpat.warrington.sch.uk/careers/vaca...

Brilliant.

Warrington Primary Academy Trust Vacancies

Generate Teaching Hub has a vacancy to coordinate CPD to teachers & leaders across all schools in Warrington Halton & Wigan. Education experience is not essential. Suits an organised people person! FT or PT term time. Cd 3rd Feb.
www.wpat.warrington.sch.uk/careers/vaca...

Managing Change workshop for Know and Do Limited in Manchester

Supporting my colleague Andrew Ramwell from Know and Do Ltd leading another Managing Change workshop for SMEs today. Fab to be back in Anthony Burgess Foundation, a relaxing space to learn.

Russia sentences Alexei Navalny's lawyers to prison Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.

Putins' insecurity is pathetic.

£10m behaviour hubs to end – but what next? Ministers are 'considering different ways on how to build the programme', but it will end in its current form

Exclusive: The government’s £10 million behaviour hubs scheme will end in its current form in March

But ministers are 'considering different ways on how to build the programme'

Selfie when I was a top Gun Moor on a very cold trail run

AI generated image of my trail run selfie

On a very cold around Gun Moor, Peak District last wkend I took a selfie during a fab 10 mile trail run with a mate. I've just asked AI to produce me a professional looking version of the same picture as a test. Not sure I can spot the difference!! 😉
Can you tell which one is real? 😂😂😂

This letter in the New Statesman a couple of years ago seems even truer now.

Independent, 5 January Front page With statistics of the true cost of Brexit.

...& these are just the things that can be measured in Sterling & numbers. Add to this the loss of study/work/life opportunities, cross-border understanding, family reunions & returns, language learning, international friendships & contacts, the belief in the value of cooperation & compromise.

Runner on Gun Moor trig point in the Peak District on a very cold January day

Views of Boseley Cloud from Gun Moor

View of Tittesworth Reservoir from Hen Cloud on a crisp and sunny January day

Inside Luds Church caves, Peak District

Fab to have the Peak District so close to me. The new year has allowed me some running around Hen Cloud, Roaches, Luds church, Gun Moor and Tittesworth Reservoir. Thursday was so sunny and clear. Today misty and more ice. To be able to explore the trails and hills is a real treat.
#EduRunners