

Men and Teaching; The perfect match, surely?
The employment gap between men and women at Primary and Secondary level continues to widen. In this blog, I ask why this is happening,...


Fighting against the "brush things under the carpet" brigade; In defence of the TES
But first, a lovely tale.... I arrived at school smiling. My students arrive, after skipping through forests, admiring the daffodils,...


Teaching in Vigo, Part 2
It’s been an interesting first 3 weeks in Vigo. On what was supposed to be my first week in school (granted, for inset days), I fell ill...


Vigo (Part 1)
So, i've arrived in Vigo. First impressions; a lively, gregarious city that feels like a town. I've never been to Spain before, in my...


Lets talk about...Udemy
Udemy is an online course platform which I first joined in the August of 2015. Almost one year to the day, I think now is a good time to...


Lets talk about...our police force
Yesterday’s events at Russel Square reminded me of something I have thought for a while; how fantastic our police officers are and how...


Lets talk about...Me
A little update on new opportunities opening up Back in December last year, I wrote about my exit from teaching in an article known at...


Lets talk about...Everton.
It’s been a tough few years to be a blue. Two eleventh place finishes, a manager with a penchant for using the term “phenomenal” to...