If the office genie had three wishes to grant, most of us would ask for a long lie-in, a shorter day at work and to be home again before it gets dark. Some lucky Scottish employees must have rubbed a lamp up the right way because they’ve had their traditional 9-5 replaced by a six-hour day. But […]
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It’s the teacher who makes the difference, not the classroom. So says storyteller extraordinaire Michael Morpurgo. The former primary school teacher and author of a gazillion bestsellers isn’t bigging himself up. He’s acknowledging learning can happen pretty much anywhere, if there’s someone standing up at the front to inspire and motivate. And although most of
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This is a vocation Teaching is much more than ‘just a job’. Before Walter White became Heisenberg in Breaking Bad, playing the teacher as a hapless anti-hero, educators were always portrayed as inspirational figures in books and movies. Think Miss Jean Brodie or Mr Chips. By searching for your perfect role in Education with
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Are you outgoing, upbeat, with all the positive energy of a sunbeam? Were you the kid in class who put your hand up first and volunteered for every role in the nativity play, even the donkey? Are you still, even if it’s deep down, that same kid with a passion for making people smile? Then
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How do we break this to you gently? You may be just a little bit ‘last week’. You’re doing a great job but the modern test of how well you’re really doing is not the service you deliver – it’s what the customer feels about it. Sally Johnson is an Edinburgh-based business guru who sits
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As well as winning the Lottery rollover, true happiness, they say, is about doing work that benefits others. If that’s true, plumbers, plasterers, roofers and bricklayers should be the happiest workers in Scotland because construction projects set to start in the next few months will improve the lives of many thousands of people. They will
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Here’s a scary thought: babies born in the year 2000 are now entering the workplace. It’s hard to believe Millennials are now 16 and, if they aren’t yet old enough to vote in a general election, they are definitely capable of influencing its outcome through social media. How to harness the talents of this generation
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