The trend that we’re now seeing is one of choice and circumstance – at least mainly. The rest is dictated by the crippling cost of childcare and the damage having a child unfortunately still does to a woman’s career and earnings. Yet again this month the debate about older mothers – careerists, if you will…Read more »
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Breastfeeding is like learning how to walk
Babies are amazing. As parents, we do our best to nurture them, guide them, support them, enable them to learn and develop, encourage them. They learn so much from us; what we do, how we do things. Yet, there is so much we can learn from babies. Just think about the process that babies go…Read more »
Critical Thinking: the skill we all need
Posted by in Blog, Leadership The Frequency Illusion or Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Well, that’s what has been happening to me in relation to the future of skills. I recently read an article by Alex Gray published by the World Economic Forum about the 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and I saw on my Twitter timeline…Read more »
Liminal Thinking And How It Led To The Development Of The Wales Social Research Awards
Posted by in Blog, Leadership This quote, from Dave Gray’s brilliant book ‘Liminal Thinking’, typifies how the Wales Social Research Awards came about and was developed. I was at the launch of the Academy of Social Sciences’ publication Making the Case for the Social Sciences 10: Wales on the 25th November 2015 at the Pierhead in Cardiff Bay. A piece…Read more »
Telling the WE Story
Posted by in Blog, Leadership So let me tell you why I think telling the WE story is important for Wales’ wellbeing… Last year, I had the privilege to work alongside some great people in helping to shape the Wales Audit Office’s shared learning seminar on The Future of Governance: effective decision making for current and future generations. Many of…Read more »
Volunteering: the dots and the connections
Posted by in Blog Volunteers’ Week – the annual festival of volunteering – drew to a close earlier this month, and you couldn’t help but be inspired, grateful, and proud to hear about the amazing contributions millions of volunteers make across the UK… week in, week out. In Wales, like the rest of the UK, volunteers are the lifeblood…Read more »
Dr Rachel Hughes 