Blogs from Fellows and the team
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Blog: Why the UK needs a museum to explore migrants’ stories
Immigration consistently ranks as one of the most pressing concerns for voters. There’s been a rise in hate crime since the EU referendum and the ongoing wrangling over...
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Blog: How my Churchill Fellowship inspired me to climb the Himalayas with 14 schoolchildren
My Churchill Fellowship explored how learning in an unfamiliar environment enriches a young person’s education. I have put this into practice by leading expeditions in...
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Blog: Improving palliative care for people with chronic breathlessness
Breathlessness is a serious, frightening condition. When it is bad, people fear they are dying. My Churchill Fellowship in 2015 explored how palliative care services can...
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Blog: How digital art therapy can help people with terminal illness
My Churchill Fellowship in 2015 explored how digital technology is helping hospices deliver art therapy to enhance, extend or limit the care of people with a terminal...
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Blog: Tackling teacher retention
The Department for Education estimates that 22% of English teachers leave the profession within their first two years, with the number rising to 33% in year five.* What...
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Blog: How the arts can help children's mental health
Children's mental health services are struggling to cope. The arts offer some alternative solutions.
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Blog: Helping prisoners with dementia
Dementia among prisoners in our prison system is a growing but little-studied problem.
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Blog: Who will decide the future of our seas?
Community participation is a key to sustainable marine management.
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Blog: Music education in primary schools
There is growing concern for the state of music education in the UK. Australia offers some practical solutions.
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Blog: Ways to welcome refugees
There are lessons to be learned from the reception systems in Germany and Canada.