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Conversations offering inspiration and information on topics such as leadership, the future of education and assessment, pastoral care, safeguarding and EDI, and partnerships and bursaries.

A platform for voices from both inside and outside of HMC to discuss national and international educational issues, encouraging the sharing of interesting practice, exciting innovations, and insights into the different ways schools are approaching these areas of work.

In most episodes, Tom will also spend two minutes getting to know a new member to welcome them into HMC and set the foundations for the collegiality on offer throughout our global association.

Episode 20: Tech for good: intergenerational relationships

In this episode, Tom Lawson talks to Dr Gurusharan Singh Gogna, Teacher of Physics, Applied Mathematics, Enterprise & The STEM Practical Lab at the King’s Hospital School in Dublin. They talk about the school’s award-winning Tech Drive programme that sees teenage pupils teaching elderly care home residents how to safely use mobile phones and other devices – and about the positive intergenerational relationships that blossom as a result.

At a time when the daily news is dominated by the dangers of mobile phones, AI and the internet, this story provides a valuable reminder that there are two sides to every story and that Tech can be used for good too.