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  • Running and subliminal messages

    On Saturday, I ran in the Southern Counties Cross Country Championships on Parliament Hill Fields. That makes it sound like I had to qualify for a place but all I did was put my name forward. It was the toughest race I've done; 9 miles through mud and ice, up and down hills but with a very forgiving final mile or so, downhill and along a level stretch to the finish. Once again I was pleased to...
  • Chartership board, the Update supplement and Ulster

    Chartership Board sits, discusses and decides. Apart from agreeing the newly Chartered members, who will be informed within the next couple of days, they also talked about how to speed up assessment of applications without compromising standards . Did I emphasize that enough? They're hard on themselves because the Board members are all busy professional people but they were discussing how best...
  • Going for Fellowship

    Council sat last Thursday and, as it was the first meeting of the year, the trustees who sit on Council came to the building for a bit of (re)orientation. Daniel asked me to show one group around the building. So we wandered round the place and the grand finale was Qualifications (of course). While here Isabel, a returning Councillor/Trustee suggested I blog the fact that Fellowship candidates can...
  • Portfolio building at the National Library of Scotland

    After a hearty Scottish breakfast, I strolled up the Playfair Steps towards the National Library of Scotland. The snow had mostly gone, leaving some traces on the Castle crags and piled in some heaps by the roads. Edinburgh always looks spectacular whatever the weather, the pavements shining from the new melted snow. The National Library of Scotland was hosting our events. Two sessions for CILIP candidates...
  • Heading North and a correction

    Central London just had some icy patches on the pavements, but the rest of the country, certainly between the north of London and York, are great plains of snow. A couple of people have had to cancel attending tomorrow's portfolio building course in Edinburgh tomorrow but I think it's best we decided to continue. We'll be able to arrange something later in the year for those who couldn't...
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