Charlotte Hastings, Sessional Lecturer for City College cookery and entertaining courses, muses on returning to Autumn routines of preparing good food …
Phew! Summer holidays over and ready for school’s rhythm and routines. The day starts with tender brown toast, dowsed in butter and marmite, topped with softly poached egg. The quiet sounds of morning munching remind me how lucky I am to live in a world that thought up marmite, that had a friend who showed me how good it is with egg, and how happy I am to get everyone off to school with a strong breakfast that is so tasty and easy!
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English Law
“Where law ends, there tyranny begins.” (William Pitt, the Elder)
These days it seems as if the government is constantly making new laws, but it’s not always a ‘bad’ thing – the Equality Act 2010 incorporates anti-discrimination laws and makes everyone equal, no matter what their nationality, beliefs, gender, disability or sexual orientation. The Human Rights Act 1996 gave everyone the right to make a claim in the English courts against any public organisation they think is infringing their liberty.
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A life in the day
City College Prince’s Trust Team Leader, Kyle Holman, writes…
The Prince’s Trust Team rolling programme challenges 15 local young people as a team to believe in themselves, complete goals and gain direction. We deliver the course during an all-consuming 12 weeks.
My day starts with a chat with the baby at breakfast. Commuting from Crawley to City College with the radio on means I can pick up local news stories relevant to the young people. During an hour’s meeting with the student social worker and volunteer assistants we catch up on latest social barriers, progress and agree our day’s focus. We update our Facebook Group about the day’s plans, check messages, email partnership workshop providers, then prep our resources.
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The Whistler 