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What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it more creative. Part 2, to be posted after Episode 3 of the series is shown, looks in detail at the results of the tests which were taken by Year 9 at Bohunt School to see if more can be learned than who ‘won’ and who ‘lost’....
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Who is Theresa May?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Theresa May?

...Education in June 1999, when the Conservative Party was the party of opposition. When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport. Then in 2002, she became chairman of the Conservative Party. Her style was calm, collected and, as the “nasty party” reference suggests, not afraid to point...
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Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...education, justice, the quality of working life, environmental protection (European Environment Agency), and the safety of transport by air, sea and rail (European Aviation Safety Agency, European Maritime Safety Agency, European Agency for Railways). They work on international security (Institute for Security Studies), policing (EUROPOL), fundamental rights, justice,...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...education and solid moral character, and in the case of political leaders, an indication of due attention to detail and decorum. This norm is so embedded that over the years, rogue spelling errors have inflicted serious damage on a number of political careers. The most well-known of these is probably George HW Bush’s famously inept vice-president, Dan Quayle: visiting a...
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...educated) and solidarity (friendly, kind, trustworthy). Sure enough, the assessments followed a familiar pattern, with characters such as Brian, Jennifer, Lynda and Jim Lloyd scoring highly on measures of status, but characters such as Clarrie, Eddie, Emma and Jazzer taking their place on measures of solidarity. What Jazzer sounds like. This would suggest that the...
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...educational programmes in music and art. Adult lawbreakers could be helped with community-based employment and job skills training. Implementing social policies The current focus of punishing the offender has meant that the victim is largely ignored. One radical alternative would be to turn the system on its head – rather than inflict pain and suffering the aim of...
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The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...educational and developmental purposes, including the development of critical thinking and use of balanced information that is based on evidence. In this way, they could be viewed as a means to combat the problems of fake news and pseudoscientific and conspiracy thinking that is prevalent in modern politics. Assemblies are constituted by sortition, a process of randomly...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...education, for many they’re still associated with a type of expression which is light-hearted, even childish. And this association colours the meaning they have in all contexts. For example, when a Cincinnati news station reported a child’s suicide with an emoji of a crying face they were roundly criticised for their insensitivity. And when the singer Cher included a...
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