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Vocal Health
As part of Wellbeing Week 13-17 May 2019, I gave out 100 apples! Why? Because apples are great for your vocal health. Why apples? The juice of an apple has the same PH level as your vocal cords and contains vitamin C which is also hugely beneficial for your larynx....
Meet our tutors
After a long wait I finally got the whole team together for a group photo and am delighted to introduce our tutors in the image from left to right... SUSANNAH BOND graduated from Cambridge Performing Arts in 2001 and has worked extensively as a professional Actress...
Life Skills Qualifications
Essential life skills such as confidence, motivation, resilience and communication are associated with better academic outcomes and better prospects in the workplace, and there is an increasing emphasis on their value, given labour market trends towards automation....
Art of persuasion
It seems that Gyles Brandreth is becoming my spokesperson - thank you Giles! Another fabulous programme of his on Radio 4 this week. This time all about the art of persuasion. Giles looked at the art of persuasion from the differing perspectives of politics, law,...
Performance and communication workshops to keep mentally fit and healthy
Research shows that memories don’t decay, but that we need to recall memories regularly to maintain access to them. We should also continue to challenge our brain with new inputs, new contents and new experiences to keep it healthy. ‘The most beneficial activities for...
Can you learn a poem by Christmas?
Gyles Brandreth has set down the challenge - Can you learn a poem by Christmas? His recent Radio 4 programme Gyles Brandreth's Poetry By Heart explores the benefits of learning poetry for both the young and old... Learning poetry by heart is not only a good thing but...
Sink or swim
I received this message from a friend today which made me feel really sad.... I have a friend who is at Uni and she has to do a presentation to over 1000 people at the end but at the moment she doesn’t have the confidence to do so (she has even considered dropping out...
Public Engagement heats up with Cambridge LifeLab
I had a great time working with people from across the University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Babraham Institute, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology this week in preparation for Cambridge LifeLab....