PinnedTom BeresfordA London renewal?London is at a crossroads. Post-Covid, post-Brexit, how can & should our capital change? Some musing from a cautiously optimistic Londoner.13 min read·Jan 31, 2021----
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: Micro schools — the new education sandbox?“Schools are too ingrained in the old ways of doing things.”6 min read·Nov 22, 2016--2--2
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: leveraging a culture of autonomy and collaboration at High Tech HighFrom working towards scale, to working at scale7 min read·Nov 18, 2016----
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: embedding culture by practicing what you preachYou only need to log on to twitter to appreciate the relentless noise that surrounds education today. So much of the polarised landscape is…4 min read·Oct 24, 2016----
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: forever a balancing actAs I sit on this CalTrain, rumbling through arguably the most innovative region on the planet, I have a new found respect. Respect for…5 min read·Oct 17, 2016----
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: personalisation, but to what end?So far on my tour of innovative, learner-centred schools in the US, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing two different models in action — both…4 min read·Oct 10, 2016----
Tom BeresfordHuman-scale at Scale: spreading new education culturesAs inequality in outcomes persists, employers voice their concerns, and improvement by their own measures stagnates, it has become…3 min read·Oct 6, 2016--1--1
Tom BeresfordSchool places — a pressing need, and a once in a generation opportunity to reimagine schoolLack of school places is a pressing and relentless issue that requires swift and immediate action. Yet it shouldn’t just be a case of more…3 min read·Jul 4, 2016----
Tom BeresfordAn Education Re-imagined. Great! But…how?The education debate is increasingly awash with grand ideas. ‘Let’s rethink education, reimagine school, redefine learning — the ‘new…4 min read·Jun 3, 2016----
Tom BeresfordEducators are in the business of predicting the future — so what trends might they want to pay…In preparation for the official launch of the School Design Lab, our Education Lead here at Innovation Unit unleashed the collective…3 min read·May 12, 2016----