Mary Anderson

by | Feb 9, 2023

Mary Anderson (1866–1953) Inventor of the windscreen wiper Mary Anderson was inspired to create her screen wiping device one winter day whilst travelling in a streetcar in New York. She realised the driver could hardly see through his windshield due to the snow, and...

Ada Lovelace

by | Feb 9, 2023

Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) The first computer programmer Ada Lovelace, the daughter to Lord Byron and Lady Byron, became an associate of British inventor and mathematician, Charles Babbage. Ada helped to create a program for Babbage’s first prototype digital...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

by | Feb 9, 2023

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) First Englishwoman doctor Elizabeth was born in London and sought to contradict the life she was expected to lead as a nurse. Inspired by the first female doctor in the US, Elizabeth Blackwell, Anderson’s determination to become...

Bite-size learning

by | Sep 18, 2020

BITE-SIZE LEARNING In particularly busy times sometimes the best way to deliver training is in bite-sized pieces. We can design effective learning solutions that can be understood in as little as 90...