Wednesday 23 May 2012

Ian Pryce's Blog

Ian Pryce blog Ian Pryce CBE Principal and CEO of national award-winning Bedford College Earlier this year distinguished Professor Roy Baumeister made the bestseller list in New York with his book on Willpower
The Rigteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt One of my old University lecturers used to complain that his liberal education left him able to understand every side of an argument but meant he ended up never knowing his OWN view of anything as a result!
Bedford College Younger readers won't have known the TV programme "Challenge Anneka" in which the eponymous presenter spent an hour running around trying to coerce all sorts of people into delivering a project
ian pryce cbe The private training company A4E, whose Twitter profile boasts "from humble beginnings to global leaders in public service reform, in 3 words: improving people's lives" has been making the wrong sort
ian pryce 2 The news has recently been dominated by the bankers' bonus season - will they get them? Will they take them?
ian pryce The best news of 2012 year so far is surely some long overdue justice for the family of Stephen Lawrence, especially against the backdrop of the Luis Suarez and similar stories hitting front and back
ian pryce speech 2011 was a year of turmoil and instability - the Arab Spring, Fukushima earthquake, the Eurozone crisis, the death of Kim Jong-il.
ian pryce 2 This is the time of year when self-help manuals fly off the bookshelves faster than a Usain Bolt false start!
einstein When Albert Einstein was asked to explain his theories about the elasticity of time he famously said that spending five minutes in the company of a beautiful woman went far too fast, while five seconds with your hand on a hot stove could feel like an eternity!
Joe Frazier It was very sad to hear news of the death of one of my childhood heroes and favourite boxer, Smokin' Joe Frazier.