Classrooms on the Danube: An exploration of the quality of classroom life.

Following the death of Václav Havel many things have been flashing through my mind, recalling those monumental days in Olomouc and Prague in November and December 1989.   Over the last 24 hours I’ve been in touch with several people who experienced that time together, some of them are teaching, some are in journalism but all of [...]

Today is November 17th and a day which never passes without me being reminded of its significance in Central European history both during the second world war and more recently 21 years ago  in Czechoslovakia. Jan Opletal In one of the protests against the Nazi occupation in Prague on 28th October 1939, the anniversary of [...]