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Archive for June, 2012
Armed Forces Day 2012
Jun 30th
Tweet This blog post isn’t going to be long. It isn’t directly linked to politics, healthcare, education or any of the other topics I normally cover on here. It merely notes the importance of Armed Forces Day, which is happening at the time of typing. Across the country, there are celebrations, parades and all manner…
NUS plans another protest
Jun 28th
Tweet Leonardo Da Vinci once said “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence”. In a previous job, I often said that ‘it’s harder for me to fix something if no-one tells me it’s broken’. Both of those quotes can mean that in order to get change, you have to create a presence and the National Union of…
Internship hypocrisy continues
Jun 26th
Tweet On April 5th, 2011, The Guardian published an article which indicated there would be a Coalition-led clampdown on unpaid internships. One part of the article suggested “People will be encouraged to blow the whistle on unpaid internships”. The next day, there was the following in an article on the Target Jobs website: “The policy…
Two-tier system replaces GCSEs
Jun 21st
Tweet Disclaimer: I currently do some casual paid work as an Exam Invigilator at an Academy. The views expressed in this post are my own and nothing to do with the Academy that I work for. You don’t have to do lots of research to find quotes which mock formal school systems. For example, Mark…