Earlier this month, I attended a round table to explore how the arts could and should be celebrated properly in education. There was an eclectic and fascinating mix of people involved. From artistic directors of some of our grandest arts organisations, school leaders, policy makers and leaders of industry, to film stars, music legends and even r...

I have heard people say you should never meet your heroes because the reality rarely lives up to expectation. Well,earlier this summer,I had an experience proving this sentiment wrong. At least this time! At the beginning of July, I was invited to speak at an event in Madrid with the 44thPresident of the United States of America, Barack Obama...

When I was an educator I would often reflect on the idea that I learnt more from my students than ever I taught them, in the ten years since I left working in schools and having spent time in some of the world's most high performing environments, I'm now convinced of it! Here's a thought we learn the vast majority of everything we learn i...