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INDEX: A decade of podcast and radio broadcasting 2015 -2024 The government’s opportunity mission - what Higher Education can learn from Further Education   Speech to Advance HE 7 November 2024 Women and early years learning – 1950’s style Christmas Newsletter 2023 ‘honouring history: encouraging evolution’ reflections on almost half a year of being High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire Maggie Cook’s tribute to Dame Ann Christmas Greetings 2022 Mystical Experience or Medical Emergency? Cold Water Sea Swimming Part 5 Mystical Experience or Medical Emergency? Cold Water Sea Swimming Part 4 Mystical Experience or Medical Emergency? Cold Water Sea Swimming Part 3 Mystical Experience or Medical Emergency? Cold Water Sea Swimming Part 2 Mystical Experience or Medical Emergency? My first experience of cold water swimming in five parts with short video clips 60 years on c1960 Norbury Church of England Primary School, Hazel Grove Ann aged 7 Figures of Speech Locked down and out: education and marginalisation in Covid times Covid Chronicles Ann & Maggie’s Christmas Newsletter 2020 If you get chances in life and climb up the ladder of success, make sure you ‘lift others up as you climb’ ‘God comes to you disguised as your life’ Paula D’Arcy FE in the spotlight A highly teachable moment? If not now, when? New skills for a radically different skills environment A ‘lesser well known mortal’s’ guide to Desert Island Discs: The People’s Playlist Christmas Letter 24: 2019 – a year of resonance Maggie & Ann’s Quaker Wedding 11 May 2019 Transforming power of FE: the opportunity to make a philanthropist of us all ‘Out’ is not being at home VQ day on 4 June but double standards still prevail Building bridges: Orchestrating opportunities – the role of LEPs in skills and education Why arts, heritage, culture, sport and creative industries matter Reflections on Strategic Leadership 2:leadership of learning & skills the tale of the 3-legged stool Reflections on Strategic Leadership 1: leadership of locality No one can make you feel inferior without your consent Deeds Not Words*  What links Emily Davison & Michael Heseltine? Has Labour finally ‘got’ skills? Ann Limb Mary Lou Carrington Award