Despite facing extreme educational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, our pupils at Laidlaw Schools Trust academies have demonstrated remarkable resilience and diligence, achieving excellent A-Level and GCSE results. August 28, 2020 We are incredibly grateful to [...]
Composer, academic, and cultural activist Dr Shirley J. Thompson discusses the importance of constantly questioning the status quo, transforming established narratives, and how music can change the world. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ruaHcnRJzbMVL1eZLd5tE?si=h2Qmoi_gQ3alJttyzTd4Qg Listen to #TheGoodLeader on: Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts. For references and the [...]
University of Toronto Laidlaw Scholar Sanjna Ullal discusses her project into the double-marginalisation of dalit women in urban India, the importance of personal identity in conducting research, and her podcast, Women Advocating for Change. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2promtMkibyPD78Vxpbsm5?si=4LEIrP1dRsavJYbxYyeoCg Listen to #TheGoodLeader on: Spotify, iTunes, [...]
By Sarah Markos (Tufts University) Supervisor: Prof. Diana Chigas "The question I kept going back to is "Who is being silenced and why?" By asking this question, I wanted to look at which narratives are not being included in [...]
By Collins Mokua (Columbia University) View Collins' research poster here. Mentors: Christine Musyimi, PhD, Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation; Kathleen Pike, PhD, Director, Global Mental Health WHO Collaborating Centre at Columbia University; Research Question: What systems are [...]
Best-selling author and Acumen Founder & CEO Jacqueline Novogratz in conversation with Laidlaw Foundation CEO Susanna V. Kempe about the moral revolution. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uoqU7ecLuUrubwp8Yd4NK?si=xgZN-wxSS8KfMtzIMR76xA Listen to #TheGoodLeader on: Spotify, iTunes, or Google Podcasts. We are back from our hiatus! Best-selling author and Acumen Founder & [...]
A schoolteacher is offering food for thought with a new series of videos about eating cheaply but healthily during the pandemic. Originally published in The Sunderland Echo by Gareth Ledwith on July 7, 2020. Jo Tissington, a food technology [...]
Government criticised for refusing to continue national free school meals voucher scheme over summer break Original article written by Amy Gibbons for Tes on June 5, 2020. The government has been threatened with legal action if it fails to extend [...]
Cook With Jack - our joint initiative with Bite Back 2030 that aims to teach viewers to prepare quick, tasty and affordable lunches at home during quarantine - has been featured in The Sunday Times. June 4, 2020 Cook [...]
CEO of the Laidlaw Foundation, Susanna V. Kempe, was recently featured in London Business School's publication Think to explain how organisations can dramatically redress the gender imbalance with simple, pragmatic steps. June 4, 2020 Excerpt from Think: "If you [...]