{"id":122,"date":"2012-02-07T23:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hilarymoriarty.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2012-02-07T23:37:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:37:16","slug":"nearly-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/j-moriarty.co.uk\/hilarymoriarty\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where do the weeks go?\u00a0 In a blur in January with the two conferences and – for me – a trip to see a school in Belgium also.\u00a0 But a good couple of weeks for press coverage – wonderful to get a ‘side-swipe’ in an article in the Arts pages of The Times, reflecting that Eton produces such good actors (Hugh Laurie, Dominic West et al) partly because it’s a boarding school where the day goes from 8 in the morning to 10.30 at night – availability of staff, accessibility of theatres and rehearsal space, time, interest – great combination.\u00a0 Whatever raises the profile of boarding and reminds the world of its benefits is good to see.
\nThis week a menu-tasting at the hotel which will be hosting the Heads’ Conference in May – seriously good food at the Marriott Royal in Bristol.\u00a0 Heads are signing up in splendid numbers for the conference which will feature, among others, a psychologist consellor from Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire.\u00a0 If you’d like to hear him and you are not a Head, he will be doing a whole day seminar for us in London on Thursday 3 May – do grab a place to hear him if you possibly can.
\nThursday 2 Feb, a more serious event: Damian Green pronouncing on immigration.\u00a0 Very keen on bringing in the brightest and the best, but even more keen on bringing down the numbers and breaking the connection between coming here to study and staying to live forever.\u00a0 At least one Director of Boarding has already spoken to me about the possibly damaging effect upon international recruitment even for boarding schools because British universities will be less attractive if the graduate cannot then stay on to work.\u00a0 This year’s census figures from the ISC will make interesting reading.
\nThis post originally appeared at\u00a0http:\/\/boarding.org.uk\/blog\/show\/18<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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