An evening with Fiona Hill and Fiona Millar
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2023
- A miner's daughter from County Durham who advised three US presidents on foreign affairs takes on the future of education.
Fiona Hill’s extraordinary journey from a background of limited opportunities to a stellar international career is set out in her book There Is Nothing For You Here (HarperCollins, 2023). As one of the world’s leading experts on Russia, she has advised three US presidents on foreign affairs.
She served as director for European and Russian affairs on President Trump’s National Security Council, and in senior intelligence roles for both Presidents Bush and Obama. In October and November 2019, Hill testified before Congress in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Now, in the year that she begins her tenure as the chancellor of Durham University, Fiona Hill sets her sights on education, the meaning of ‘levelling up’ and how the UK can adapt to meet future challenges.
Fiona Hill will be in conversation with Fiona Millar
Fiona Hill is author of There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century and co-author with Clifford Gaddy of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (Brookings Institution Press). She is a distinguished senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe within the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She holds the position of chancellor at Durham University, and is a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. Hill’s BBC Reith Lecture on Freedom from Fear was broadcast in December 2022 to an audience of over 200 million. That same month, she was awarded the Insignia of Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
Fiona Millar is a writer, journalist and education campaigner. She trained on the Mirror Groups graduate training scheme and worked on several national newspapers before going to work as a special adviser at 10 Downing Street. In 2003 she started a monthly column for The Guardian about education, and in 2004 she presented Channel four documentary The Best for My Child. Millar’s books include By Faith and Daring. Interviews with Remarkable Woman, co-authored with Glenys Kinnock; The Secret World of the Working Mother, and The Best for My Child. Did the schools market deliver? was published in 2018 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Education Reform Act 1988.
1) Her approach is so refreshing. over the last 10-15 years, a sort of pessimistic public malaise has settled over the West like some sort of plague of learned helplessness. Everyday on TV, there is no shortage of pundits & politicians with dire predictions moaning about the problems with in society but offering any solutions. However, Hill's serious but undramatic framing of the Education issues is very motivating! After watching the video I felt encouraged that education reform is possible...we just have to do it! 2) Why the big rush to wrap up exactly on? What'd, they rent the room out for wedding reception!? lol
Absolutely great story teller! She is so relatable.
I am an American and I have to say our education system is horrible. The US Navy once again lowered their test standards because of the high failure rate. I talked to two exchange students and they said our system is a joke. I agree 100% with her!!
I feel an affinity with Fiona Hill. I too am from a working class Durham family and I too studied Russian at university. I have the greatest respect for her. And I'm actually quite pleased with myself. 😂
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Brilliant. Really calling for a holistic approach and a demonstration of yes, there is such a thing as society and if we don’t recognise that there are consequences, likewise if we do, there are opportunities. It does call for a great generosity of spirit and willingness to persuade those with a vested interest in the status quo, that life chances and greater equality of opportunity benefits everyone.
It’s seems that American university system is quite good but also has many facets that have nothing to do with academics: sports is an example. I wonder what would happen if they were stripped of all the extras and returned to bare bones with primarily professors and academics. It won’t happen, but might rescue the costs and provide education for jobs instead of the “experience of colllege” of course, the experience is a great thing but maybe it adds to the costs? I’m not expert on it
My experience with German system is that it does not make it easy to return to school and explore new careers. It seems to be built from significant decisions made at young ages (4th grade decided which path you will follow) university age (trade school or university etc) but it’s not set up to evolve and change throughout life
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She’s beautiful omg