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(used with permission) “Education should be about cradling happiness” Tom Barrett

Anxieties Anxieties: For the learner For teachers; learning support staff; librarians; … For learning organisations For funders and policy makers 3 “Education should make us anxious” Dave White

4 Education is about understanding and addressing the gaps