Hi I am Sreela. I’m putting up a page on my own site, (which is largely unused these days) because this allows you to see who I am on the about page, and the kind… Read More
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The mind-body link
When people go to hospital or visit their doctors it is often because of physical symptoms. For some physical problems the diagnosis and treatment is clear. For example, if you have a broken leg your… Read More
How AI teaches itself to ‘sound human’
Where does the Artificial Intelligence machinery learn from? Is it the same as what I knew to be ‘machine learning’? There was a team of engineers outside my office in the London Stock Exchange in… Read More
On the final departure of Queen Elizabeth II
Hearing the news was accidental. I could easily have missed it – I don’t listen to the news much. My son was sitting next to me – he got a message from a class friend… Read More
Anxiety, grief and loss – three responses
Many people are suffering from grief just now. Personally, an uncle has passed away. My aunt is naturally sounding lost and bereft. Personal grief somehow brings into focus what might be felt by those in… Read More
Why modern monks still revere a 19th century female british educationalist
More importantly, why would I be grateful to her too? What Miss Margaret Noble did was to start a school for young women in Kolkata at the behest of Swami Vivekananda, a monk of the… Read More
DO POSITIVE EMOTIONS MAKE NEW HABITS, OR SHEER WILL-POWER?
Changing our behaviours always do feel like mountainous tasks. We set big goals – my son’s middle school tee-shirt said ‘run fast or be last’. The non sporting version is ‘go big or go home’…. Read More
World Class Schools Resources page
What all students and teachers say is that confidence is the key to a person’s journey towards the workplace, whether it is the first journey, or after a break : Here is caroline goyder on… Read More
Transition from education into the workplace
The life skills network has designed and offered a suite of four courses to the Waterloo job shop in 2015, which was a UK Department of Work and Pensions subcontractor. It was on their feedback… Read More
Careers choices and options.
I didn’t really know what to do with my life when I was 17. I talked to my father, who said – time enough for that yet, get a degree first, and then think about… Read More