New FOBISIA inter-school event takes off during lockdown
Andy Homden looks at a competition for international schools that simply would not have happened without lockdown, and seems destined to grow quickly.
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Preserving cultural traditions in Slovenia
The coming of Spring is an important time in Slovenia, and local schools will play an even more important role in 2021 in preserving the traditions that mark this time of year, as Doroteja Kostanjevec reports.
Silk Road Dreaming
If you are captivated by the romance of travel, the Silk Road will have a special appeal. After visiting Uzbekistan before the pandemic, Elly Tobin has no doubt it should be high on the bucket list of any serious traveller.
Deep immersion
Hannah Rae spent 10 years working on a variety of educational projects in East Malaysia. This foraging expedition to the Borneo rainforest with Malaysian teenagers is a vivid memory.
. . . . . are made by special people
Perhaps, soon, we will be able to travel again. When we do, it will be the people we meet that make a place special, according to Susan Bennett.
That moment of greatness
International teacher Susan Bennett contemplates the moment that darkness becomes light as the sun rises over the Borobudur Temple in Central Java.
Tourism with a difference
In November 2018 Hannah Rae was invited to take part in a Social Entrepreneurship Study Trip to Manila because of her interest in TVET, ( Technical and Vocational Education and Training). She accepted and joined the 20 strong group of strangers, comprising of social activists, youth workers, teachers, teenage social entrepreneurs and education professionals. Read about her experience.
Go now!
Ten and a half hours across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe and you land at José Martí International Airport, 15 km southwest of Havana. The blitz on your senses has just begun! Jan Homden has returned from a trip to the Caribbean and has one piece of advice about Cuba – go now!
An astounding cultural centre
David Gregory had always wanted to go to Vienna, attracted by the music, the architecture, the history and of course the gigantic pretzels. Recently, he had that chance and took a slow train from Zürich.
