Tweet 05/10/2022 01:11 PM “Before the pandemic, education was the single largest contributor to the regional economy. Now, it is education that is set to power us into the post-pandemic future.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:12 PM “But education, the acquiring of skills, knowledge and understanding by one generation from the one before, is not only an act which confers economic advantage, it is also an act of hope.” says HMC C… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:12 PM “In a dark world, education reassures us both that the work of today is not futile, and that the promise of tomorrow is not empty.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @roffeme #EnlightenedEducation22 (4/20… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:12 PM “We miss the point if we think that the value of education is only about the wealth of nations; it is overwhelmingly about the flourishing of the human spirit.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @roffeme … 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:12 PM “Today is @unesco World Teacher Day. Perhaps your teachers inspired you, perhaps they comforted you, perhaps they admonished you (obviously very, very unfairly). But they made a difference.” says HMC… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:13 PM “The first teacher I ever knew was my own mother. My mum obviously made a huge difference to me, but I am also vividly aware of the difference she made to other children.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roff… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:13 PM RT @robin_macp: @roffeme opening the @HMC_Org conference in Edinburgh, a city of enlightenment. “Education is overwhelmingly about the ligh… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:13 PM “Thinking about it, my mum must have been amongst the first teachers to embrace new research about learning difficulties that was developed, here in Edinburgh and elsewhere, in the late 1960s and ear… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:13 PM “Later, my mother combined her knowledge and research on learning difficulties with being a home teacher for children who were ill – sometimes with life-limiting conditions.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn R… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:13 PM “Even today, middle-aged men and women who were once Mrs Roffe’s pupils keep in touch with my mum. They will remember how she bolstered their confidence and the faith she had in them, often when othe… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:14 PM “Those pupils taught by mother will remember how my mother kindled the human spirit within them, sometimes when its light was very dim indeed.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @roffeme #EnlightenedEduca… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:14 PM “Today is the day that teachers all over the world should stand tall & accept the thanks of all who have benefited from their work. I hope that our Conference will itself be an opportunity for the hu… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:14 PM “I believe that those of us who have the privilege of leading independent schools have a particular responsibility to be professionally dissatisfied with the status quo.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:16 PM “So many of our schools were founded by individuals or other groups who were in some ways, at odds with the prevailing ethos of their time. If not, they were founded by those who could see that educa… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:16 PM RT @_JaneLunnon: Teachers: “kindle the human spirit within their pupils” - lovely summary of our profession from our Chair @HMC_Org @iapsuk… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:16 PM “Increasingly today independent schools are mobilising their capacity to think and act independently of the state and are applying it in ways that make a radical difference to society, often in areas… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:16 PM RT @WoldinghamHead: It is good to be with other Heads at the @HMC_Org @iapsuk conference in Edinburgh reflecting on what it means to delive… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM RT @IanNairn: Great to be able to share how teachers are doing using @MerlynMind AI & their voice to control technology in classrooms at… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM “There has been a very significant refocusing of bursary support to ensure that it acts as a catalyst for community resilience and regeneration, as well as for the benefit of individual young people.… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM RT @SimonNoakes: #EnlightenedEducation22 has kicked off in Edinburgh. Celebrating the power & importance #SchoolStories - and the impact te… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM “There has been an increasingly diverse and imaginative range of creative partnership projects which energise schools and the learning opportunities they can provide.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @r… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM RT @exeterhead: What a happy coincidence, that our @HMC_Org conference today is on world teachers’ day. A day to thank educators everywhere… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:17 PM “This creativity of thought and action is taking place not because it is mandated by law or government, but because good ideas are what school leaders and teachers are good at coming up with. We see … 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:18 PM “Our role is, above all, to make things better for children and young people. And to enable the human spirit to flourish.” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @roffeme #EnlightenedEducation22 (19/20) 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:18 PM “Welcome to this extraordinary city & to what I hope will be an extraordinary conference, I’m going to make claim that this is the largest conference of independent school heads ever gathered togethe… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:19 PM RT @SalmondG: An excellent opening to the @HMC_Org & @iapsuk #EnlightenedEducation22 #International #Conference by @roffeme @GWC_News on #W… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:20 PM RT @Head_WHS: ‘If the human spirit is to spark, it needs both fuel and friction’. Inspiring opening remarks to the @HMC_Org conference by @… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:28 PM RT @jillberry102: .@lotjohn addressing the @HMC_Org & @iapsuk #EnlightenedEducation22 conference in Edinburgh. Heads meeting together is 't… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:33 PM Chris King, CEO @iapsuk, welcomes Marc Randolph @mbrandolph, Co-Founder of @netflix, to the @HMC_Org and @iapsuk #EnlightenedEducation22 #Conference for a conversation about 'The birth of Netflix and… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:33 PM Lord Provost of Edinburgh @LordProvostEdin addresses @HMC_Org and @iapsuk Enlightened Education Conference & highlights that empowering ourselves is one of the most powerful things we can do to provi… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:34 PM RT @robin_macp: The Lord Provost of Edinburgh Robert Aldridge builds on the theme: the twin pillars of the enlightenment were observation a… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:35 PM Co-founder of @netflix Marc Randolph @mbrandolph enters conversation with Christopher King about the birth of Netflix, innovation and the value of persistence and optimism in leadership @HMC_Org @iap… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:36 PM RT @Philip_Britton: It was very kind of the Lord Provost to welcome us to the city and also to hear such a positivity about partnerships 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:37 PM RT @exeterhead: Looking forward to see the connections between Netflix and running an @HMC_Org school from Mark Randolph. It’s all about be… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:39 PM RT @Philip_Britton: Uplifting welcome to #EnlightenedEducation22 from the Chair of @HMC_Org - education is about hope for the future of us… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:40 PM RT @independenthead: Mark Randolph co-founder of @netflix talking about decision making in a time of chaos Don’t try to predict the future… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
