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SML College Newsletter October 2023
Update by Dr Ian Cunningham Appointments Luke Scott Martin was appointed as the full time Premises Supervisor at the end of July and has already been working hard over the summer on premises improvements and repairs. Jessie Beagley started as Learning Support Officer at the end of August to... read more »
In the news: Homeschooling at Risk - The Telegraph - 7th Sept 2022
The future of homeschooling and of SML College in its current format is at risk due to the potential roll out of the new Schools Bill. While we await further guidance from the new government, we are preparing documentation to support our case... read more »
Adele Jarrett-Kerr Podcast with Dr Ian Cunningham ' "Feel Together, Think Separately".
https://revillaging.podbean.com/e/feel-together-think-separately-ian-cunningham/read more »
President’s Lecture
Last year saw the first President’s lecture given by Professor Rose Luckin of UCL Institute of Education. As a world-renowned expert on AI in education her lecture was a great success with many complimentary remarks about its value. We had hope to have a... read more »
University of Brighton Collaboration
We have had a longstanding relationship with the University of Brighton. As well as eight evaluation research studies that their students have carried out with us we have recently commissioned research from a Master’s student in Community Psychology. Her research was on the local... read more »
Work experience
Onca Gallery In February , one of our students went on a work experience day to ONCA Gallery in Brighton. Rosy is interested in art history and philosophy and wanted to explore the possibility of managing a gallery in the future and find out what... read more »
International links
As well as our link to China we continue to maintain a range of international contacts. Ian Cunningham met with Australian colleagues in Sydney in February and they reported on the enthusiasm for SML in their primary school. We continue to support the International Democratic... read more »
Visitors to the College
We continue to welcome visitors who are interested in our work. We take seriously our charitable status to develop educational practice and to support parents and others. We have visits from other community organisations as well as schools (where they are looking for alternatives... read more »
Work experience
We are indebted to organisations in the city and to parents for arranging week-long work experience in areas such as construction, broadcasting and events organising. We believe that gaining work experience as part of their learning is invaluable for our students. read more »