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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...manager for a university with students in prison, my role involves working with the prison authorities to facilitate higher education study in their establishments. My experience in this role has helped to highlight the many difficulties faced by both prisoners who wish to engage in higher-level study and prison staff who are tasked with supporting them. I also lecture...
Banking crimes without end
Society, Politics & Law

Banking crimes without end

...management firms take quarter of PPI payouts’, the other warning that ‘Pensions overhaul could trigger raft of mis-selling’. Each was a telling reminder that the financial services sector is criminogenic, a series of markets and firms where crime is part of normal business practice and within which UK banks are “serial offenders”. In recent years, the financial...
Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...managed, focus-driven candidates that authenticity comes across as lunacy”. Yet in one way, Corbyn and Sanders are actually utterly conventional: they’re both older white men. A new generation of progress? The West’s progressives are speaking to as wide a sector of the population as they can and preaching solidarity across the lines of race, gender, and age, but...
Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...managing conflict and go out into the world prepared to enact peace in their everyday lives. References, sources and links Gee, D. (2022). Peace at the Heart: A Relational Approach to Education in British Schools. www.quaker.org.uk/documents/peace-at-the-heart Leeds-Hurwitz, W. (2013). Intercultural Competences: Conceptual and Operational Framework. UNESCO.
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...manage the adversities of life and build emotional resilience. The success of Harry Potter may also indicate the way children need to engage with magic, mystery, terror and fantasy Hay & Nye, writing from an educational research perspective, suggest that spirituality is innate in children. The features they identify in children's spirituality are presented by Margaret...
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...management guru William Edward Deming captured this notion through his 85/15 rule, which says that 85 percent of the problems in any organization are system-related while only 15 percent are worker-related’ (Davis, 2016). Does the reliance on the ‘bad apples’ explanation reflect the challenge that Critical Race Theory illuminates and the concept of ‘institutional...
World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!

...manager in Ronald Koeman. Turkey have some outstanding young players and Senegal were impressive in the African Cup of Nations, despite being disqualified in the final for walking off the pitch in protest against a refereeing decision. While Senegal also have a squad full of current and former Premier League players such as Sadio Mané, Nicolas Jackson, Ismaila Sarr,...
Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...management teams) can make a huge difference. Practical actions from recent research Below is an accessible, thematic summary of recommendations from selected studies. Each theme contains the core steps research shows can help close awarding gaps. 1. Make expectations clear – especially for unfamiliar tasks Many students who feel less socially ‘at home’ in higher...