by Georgina | Mar 30, 2023 | Education
This time of year, “will you help my child revise?” is the question that I am asked most often. My usual answer is that I will try. For children in years 10 and 12, the obvious response is that they should be revising as they go along, which make the pre-exam revision...
by Georgina | Jul 6, 2020 | Hard Science
Neuroscience is always a popular area of study for A level students. For many years we have thought that the cells of the brain and the nervous system, the neurones, were incapable of replication and that the brain cells at birth remained static, so that if they died,...
by Georgina | Jun 8, 2020 | Story
I spent almost thirty years of my professional life wearing PPE. Let me explain why it shouldn’t be randomly worn by the general public. Sally Scientist is fresh out of university with the ink still wet on her degree certificate. She has started her first job in a...
by Georgina | May 25, 2020 | Education
With the Covid pandemic in the UK hopefully past the peak, but with no clear return date for secondary schools, it’s time to reflect back over six weeks or so of remote tuition. Unlike some small businesses, mine will survive. Despite losing my year 11 and 13 students...
by Georgina | May 4, 2020 | Story
Twelve years ago, I made a career move from being a biomedical scientist with teaching and training responsibilities to being a teacher. I’ve been sifting through paperwork from my biomedical science days and as these documents go as far back as 1979, there are some...
