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Badgers, cattle and the rural economy
This autumn, trials will go ahead in the South West of England to test the suitability of controlled shooting as a method of culling badgers in an effort to combat the problem of bovine TB (bTB) in England, to test...
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Tbilisi on You Tube
I'm grateful, I think, to Alan Reid for the link to a gritty and grainy film of the first (that is, real) Tbilisi conference in 1977. Shot in black, white, and 50+ shades of grey, this is a Soviet propaganda...
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On the streets again – defending democracy in New Zealand
What an odd title, you might think, given that NZ was the first country to have universal suffrage. However, you might like to read the admirable and utterly irrefragable Bronwen Hayward on the latest efforts in Christchurch to rebuild a...
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Grade corruption in Wales
It is hard to know which is the more disturbing – a politician ordering an exam board to raise candidates' GCSE grades, or the board meekly saying "Yes sir, of course, sir. Very happy to oblige." The latter, probably. Both...
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No child left thinking
On my more bleak days, I think this is government policy, but all I have to do is to read one of Mr Gove's speeches to be myself again. Actually, it's the title [ No Child Left Thinking – democracy at...
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Thinking inside the box at Oxford
Limited opportunities at Oxford ... Head of Environmental Sustainability Estates Directorate, The Malthouse, Oxford Grade 10: £49,689 - £57,581 p.a. Could you lead the University of Oxford’s mission to carry out its...
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Tbilisi 35 and counting
I surmised earlier that Tbilisi+35 promised to be rather a wasted effort. You'll recall, of course, that one of the aims was to ... “leverage on the educational agenda that will be captured in the outcome document of the recently-concluded RIO+20...
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The miller's tale – 2012
I spent an enjoyable day in the fresh air at the splendid Weald & Downland museum in Hampshire in August. If you've not been, and are passing (no unnecessary carbon please!), you might find its collection of rescued buildings from...
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Rio outcomes: the future we've wanted for some while now
The outcome document from Rio+20, The Future we Want, has something to say about education. Something, but not very much, despite UNESCO apologists' (and the overly-optimistic) talking it up. This is the education-specific text for which we might have some...
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Oceans of Innovation
A new publication from the IPPR: Oceans of innovation: The Atlantic, the Pacific, global leadership and the future of education: economy, education, political ideas, world politics. training and skills. The blurb begins ... The economic and educational achievements of the Pacific...
