Exploration and adventure - The Churchill Fellowship

Exploration and adventure

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This theme covers topics relating to exploration and adventure. It is one of our past programmes for Fellowships.

Blogs & conversations From a classroom in Kenya to a STEM learning workshop in Yorkshire

Andy Dean reflects on how his 2009 Fellowship in Kenya continues to shape his approach to teaching seventeen years later. Working alongside Kenyan teachers and communities, he learned the importance of inclusive, hands-on education, recognising local expertise, and creating opportunities that last. He shares how these lessons have influenced his career and inspired STEM by the Sea, a learning workshop on the Yorkshire coast making practical STEM education more accessible to children and families.

By Andrew Dean, 2026

Fellows' updates June 2023 Fellow's update: Kathy Hall

Self-employed teacher, presenter and promoter of Chinese opera, Kathy Hall (CF 2004) focused her Fellowship on Kunqu opera, so that she could further her Kunqu performance skills in Hangzhou, China. Kathy was invited by the British Museum to perform an excerpt from the Peking Opera, The Imperial Concubine Intoxicated -The Hundred Flowers Pavilion on June 9 2023 at the close of the 2-day Conference: China's 1800s -Material and Visual Culture. In the same evening, Kathy performed an excerpt from the Kunqu Opera, The Palace of Eternal Youth - the Intimate Feast. This was an informative comparison and contrast between the two major Chinese Opera genres in music, singing, and movements.

By Kathy Hall, 2023

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