Congratulations to My Wife: Dr Heather Marshall

This post is dedicated to my Wife, Doctor Heather Marshall (aka Mrs Marshall, Dr McCallum, Mother Bear!) who – after 19 years of hard graft, perseverance, dedication – has achieved one of her life’s ambitions, becoming a fully qualified, independent medical practitioner. Heather has wanted to be a doctor since she was a little girl displaying her… Read More

Playing Games could find the Best Candidates for Plum Jobs

An article by Hal Hodson writing in the New Scientist: Hate writing covering letters? Fall to pieces in interviews? Not to worry. Soon the top candidates for a job will be chosen by how well they play video games. Last week a company called Starfighter was launched. Its aim is to create games you can only master if… Read More

Societal Change & the British Armed Forces

The (then) Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI, 2005) argued that there were many studies demonstrating that tensions had arisen from the widening difference between increasingly peaceful civilian life and service in a war zone. The ALI stated that recruits’ expectations of their treatment followed the same trajectory: They were ill prepared for what they see as… Read More