Suzie Longstaff, Headmistress at Putney High School, highlights the importance of helping students to choose the right universities and courses to prepare them for undergraduate life.
Having conducted research into soft skills and mental toughness at independent schools, Doug Strycharczyk, Managing Director of AQR International looks at what the results may mean and how they can now be used.
A recent study claims learning an instrument does not boost a child's academic achievement. Matthew Blunt, Director of Music at St. Catherine’s Preparatory School, argues that music is an aid for other areas of learning and should not be disregarded.
Commenting on new ISC research into mental toughness, Mark Mortimer, head of Warminster School which took part in the study, says what happens outside the classroom as important as what happens inside it.
Dr Amy Fancourt, Head of Psychology at Queen Anne’s School in Caversham, discusses the school's research with Goldsmith University which has been undertaken specifically to understand how musical participation relates to intelligence.
Following news that learning an instrument ‘does not make kids smarter’, Adam Gibson, Head at Wellington Prep School, argues instead that to learn an instrument one must practice, perform and persist - three important p's giving wings to the mind.
Following recent comments by the Children's Commissioner regarding online safety, Pam Hutley, Headmistress at Hollygirt School, argues that the digital world can often be a fantasy world fuelled by the ability to pretend and to digitally enhance.
Responding to recent criticism by Lord West that schools are failing to adequately teach students about the events of 9/11, Daniel Sabato, Assistant Head at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, argues these lessons are more valid than ever before.
