Monthly Archives: February 2012

Don’t dig there, dig it elsewhere – preferably outside my house

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Gill Kirkup

 My neighbours are quiet guys, they work from offices at home. For years they have been complaining that their internet broadband access is not good enough for what they need to do, and that  letters and phone calls to the … Continue reading →

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Why Read?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Gill Kirkup

I was listening to someone on the radio talking about why she read little when she was a child. Because, she explained, she was a black working class West Indian child and when she was young books for children contained … Continue reading →

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Don’t put your daughter in vocational education Mrs Worthington*

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gill Kirkup

On the 31st of January the UK Government announced that it was reducing the number of vocational qualifications offered in UK schools and colleges. This decision came out of the Wolf Report last year. Prof Alison Wolf noted that a … Continue reading →

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