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 01:13 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 “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 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 “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 01:12 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 01:12 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 “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 “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 01:11 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 01:09 PM “Welcome to Edinburgh, the city of the Enlightenment. The legacy of the Enlightenment permeates the soul of Edinburgh most profoundly through education” says HMC Chair, Melvyn Roffe @roffeme #Enlight… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
Tweet 05/10/2022 01:08 PM Welcome to the the Right Honorable Lord Provost of Edinburgh @LordProvostEdin, @HMC_Org Chair Melvyn Roffe @roffeme from George Watson's College @GWC_News & @iapsuk Vice-Chair Charlotte Johnston @lot… 0 0 2022 05/10/2022
