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What the climate scientists aren’t telling us: Never Trust a Scientist…
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 2009 – 9:00 | View Comments
What the climate scientists aren’t telling us: Never Trust a Scientist…

(c) sepponet
I want to make it absolutely clear from the outset that I am not a ‘climate change denier’, as sceptics are commonly labelled these days. I’m not exactly an out-and-out believer either, though. I’m also not …

Those who can, should teach
Monday, 7 Dec, 2009 – 15:00 | View Comments
Those who can, should teach

(c) Pink Sherbet
This article is a follow-up to The Vibe debate from Saturday 28th November: The Future of British Education
“Shall we just watch the video? Yeah, yeah better.” Matt Lucas’s teacher who can’t read at …

Students: too poor to protest?
Monday, 7 Dec, 2009 – 10:00 | View Comments
Students: too poor to protest?

(C) Andrea F Creative Commons

News that politics students at Sheffield Hallam University are to be taught how to protest has been met with surprise. After all, the student radical is a cultural archetype - surely “at …

The Vibe Debate: Minarets – divisive and provocative, or innocuous religious symbol?
Saturday, 5 Dec, 2009 – 15:00 | View Comments
The Vibe Debate: Minarets – divisive and provocative, or innocuous religious symbol?

 

(c) hoyasmeg
Last Sunday, Swiss voters supported a referendum proposing to ban the building of minarets, distinctive spires that stick out of the tops of Mosques. They were perceived as threatening, and a symbol of the …

The Debate: the future of British education
Saturday, 28 Nov, 2009 – 15:00 | View Comments
The Debate: the future of British education

(c) Chicago 2016 photos
In our latest debate on The Vibe, columnists James Richardson and Simon Stiel go head to head, to discuss the future of education in this country. With Labour using the Queen’s speech …

How far would you go for a job?
Wednesday, 25 Nov, 2009 – 14:43 | View Comments
How far would you go for a job?

Life for graduates from middle class backgrounds and below from the previous two generations under the then Conservative government and now Labour, who deserted their leftist pretensions when Tony “moron” Blair came to power in …

Are unpaid interns being exploited?
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 10:00 | View Comments
Are unpaid interns being exploited?

(c) Emma Brooks
A recent article about unpaid interns working for MPs and whether or not they are being exploited, got me thinking about what extents people will go to, to get a job. The article …

Education policy: too much, too young?
Wednesday, 4 Nov, 2009 – 10:10 | View Comments
Education policy: too much, too young?

(c) Pink Sherbet
As the saying goes, ‘Knowledge is Power’, and there’s no denying that education is one of the most important factors in any child’s life. But is it the quality of teaching, the length …

Best of the web 02/11/09
Monday, 2 Nov, 2009 – 17:03 | View Comments
Best of the web 02/11/09

(c) altemark
Hi and welcome to our new series of posts rounding up the best articles on the web each day courtesy of bloggerscircle.net

Why isn’t Question Time what it used to be?
Here’s a third reason to add …

In defence of Trade Unions
Friday, 23 Oct, 2009 – 9:19 | View Comments
In defence of Trade Unions

(c) Terry Wha
The Union forever, defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands
There is power in a Union.
Now I long for the morning that …

Debates don’t spark extremism, economics and war does…
Thursday, 22 Oct, 2009 – 13:16 | View Comments
Debates don’t spark extremism, economics and war does…

(C) mia!
There has been much pontification going on among those opposed to the BNP’s appearance on Question Time tonight. I keep hearing people saying that it legitimises them, that it gives them a platform from …

Social justice through school choice?
Tuesday, 13 Oct, 2009 – 10:00 | View Comments
Social justice through school choice?

(c) candi mandi
When the market reigned supreme in the late 1980s, school choice and vouchers were declared a panacea for school improvement. Wait long enough and education policies come full circle. Michael Gove has been …