Adam Beeson

Oct 21, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Paul Wood |Irena Barker |Tom Arrand |Adam Beeson

Al Ain British Academy is small by UAE standards, with 1,000 pupils, including just 300 in the secondary school. Just under 70 per cent of the population are Emirati, with a healthy minority of expats from a wide range of countries. Prior to the pandemic, the school, which was much smaller then, had not run any international visits. So one of my aims, on arriving at the school in 2021, was to harness the developmental power of school trips. The challenges of starting a trips programme were numerous.

Oct 17, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Tom Arrand |Adam Beeson |Caz Jude |Irena Barker

Selina Boyd knows what it feels like to be an international school parent. Uprooted from the UK in 2009 because of her husband’s job, she found herself plunged into life many thousands of miles from home, in Singapore. Amid the chaos of relocation, the priority was on finding schools for their three primary-aged children. “It’s always a pretty stressful time, you’re juggling so many balls, you just want to get all your ducks in a row,” she says.

Oct 7, 2024 | schoolmanagementplus.com | Rob Ford |Tom Wingate |Adam Beeson |Caz Jude

At first glance, New Summit Academy Costa Rica is like any other international boarding school. Students stroll across campus from the academic building after class and begin to occupy themselves with boarding life. A spontaneous basketball game takes shape on the outdoor court, a jam session kicks off in the music studio and a student council meets to discuss plans for a surf and scuba weekend. Elsewhere, members of the cooking club head into town to pick up ingredients for the evening snack.

Apr 3, 2024 | acf.org.au | Kelly O'Shanassy |Adam Beeson

Whitehaven Coal is proposing to open Australia’s largest new coal mine in the Bowen Basin, on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef, which is the midst of another mass bleaching event. If the Winchester South mine gets the green light, it will be digging up coal and polluting until 2055, generating at least 583 million tonnes of climate pollution – . In a world that knows it needs to get off climate wrecking gas and coal, this is dangerously out of step with reality.

Dec 21, 2023 | acf.org.au | Kelly O'Shanassy |Adam Beeson

I have two big updates to share with you on our case against fossil fuel giant, Woodside. 1. Yesterday, ACF lodged five detailed expert reports in the Federal Court as part of our case against Woodside. Our evidence is now submitted. 2. We have a court date!This case is about the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project’s greenhouse gas emissions on the Great Barrier Reef. ACF will ask the Federal Court to stop the project until its impact on the Great Barrier Reef is assessed.