Staycation: a journey that forces us to go deep not wide As Easter comes around again, we can be forgiven for feeling frustrated that our wings remained clipped and we are forced to spend the holiday in our own back yards. Most of us would once have planned a short trip abroad or at least…
DetailsChinese: a window onto one of the world’s oldest civilisations Most of us would agree that with its population of 1.4 billion and its eye-watering industry and discipline, China is a force to be reckoned with, yet few of us know much about its culture despite the fact it has a history reaching back 5,000…
DetailsInternational Women’s Day is as urgent as ever if we know the facts This year’s slogan for International Women’s Day couldn’t be more apt. While there is a growing contingent that believes gender equality has already been achieved, the #choosetochallenge rallying cry asks us to question our complacency. This year, marches to mark the day…
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There’s a joke in the language teaching world that goes like this: a mother mouse is walking along with her baby mouse when suddenly a huge hungry cat jumps out in front of them. The mother mouse says “WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!” and the cat, greatly surprised, runs off. The mother mouse turns to her…
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Life is basically inter-disciplinary. Take Covid, as an example. The pandemic demands that we a have a rudimentary grasp of Biology to understand how the disease spreads and attacks; Maths and Technology if we are to understand the statistics and predictions; Chemistry and Technology if we want to know anything about the vaccines; not to…
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If the pandemic and climate change has highlighted anything, it’s the importance of science in contemporary life, whether in the sphere of biology and medicine or physics and engineering. The need for people working in medicine, automation and the environment is set to become increasingly urgent which means drawing on a dramatically wider pool of…
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In uncertain times, human beings tend to seek out the familiar, clinging to what we already know rather than making a leap of faith and filling the gaps in our knowledge. With 195 different countries in the world and thousands of cultures, it is impossible for us to understand where everybody is coming from, but…
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You might think being a high achiever and a good loser are mutually exclusive. It stands to reason after all that if you set great store by accomplishing your goals, not doing so will come as a proportionate disappointment. This logic seems to be played out on the public stage by high profile figures such…
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2020 will go down in history as a pivotal year – one in which our concept of reality has been turned on its head. But that hasn’t stopped King’s College Madrid from launching its forward-thinking International Baccalaureate (IB) program – paving the way for other King’s schools to embark on this exciting educational quest to…
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