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Sarah Simons
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All articles by Sarah Simons
Can literature be a gateway to lifelong curiosity?
After a return trip to the Museum of Modern Art 18 years on, Sarah Simons discovers a new found appreciation of art
11 March 2018
Speaking from experience, there’s strength in weakness
The greatest resource we have to help guide our young people is our own experience
9 March 2018
Doctor, doctor: I think I have a vocational bias
1 March 2018
Your grand designs aren’t necessarily amazing spaces
Whose ‘aspirations’ are we talking about when colleges try to justify the vast sums of money splurged on new, high-concept buildings?
16 February 2018
Toppled to the beats of ‘Copacabana’
A hostile class take-over caught Sarah Simons off guard – but it also taught her a thing or two about self-belief and confidence
13 February 2018
‘Having phone access removed dashed all dreams of a Utopian, phone-free classroom’
Having her phone taken from her for a matter of a few hours has cured Sarah Simons of her dream of a college classroom without digital distractions
6 February 2018
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