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A lot of analysis of social media misinfo assumes it’s about mass reach. Get a post in front of enough eyeballs and you’ll persuade some.
Much more powerful mechanism is what we see here. Reach a handful of key trusted information nodes, and they will distribute wider and with more authority.
Very good news.
Hopefully will convince more schools - and Government to do the right thing.
#PhoneFreeSchools
www.thetimes.com/article/500a...
If a Labour government with 400 seats which has nailed its colours to the masts of planning reform and the green transition can't steam roller people like this and their ridiculous selfish BS objections, then what on earth is the point of it?
A solar farm that could have powered “all the households in Witney” has been refused permission by West Oxfordshire District Council. Councillors were concerned about the risk of fire, one drawing parallels to the 1966 Aberfan disaster: “Until someone can guarantee it is safe, I can’t support it.”
It would, but currently there is one Minister covering skills and HE, talk of HE has largely been through a 'skills' lens - and given degree apprenticeships, many vocational courses in HE (nursing), it wouldn't be unreasonable.
Depends if the 'skills' bit going to DWP includes unis or not...
Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
This used to be the case, but has changed recently - now driven much more by fewer couples rather than fewer children per woman.
Nick Gibb! Nick Gibb! Nick Gibb!
Buy the book here:
(Essential reading for all who are interested in how effective ministers can deliver reform, not just educationalists).
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F4...
Reforming Lessons: Why English Schools Have Improved Since 2010 and How This Was Achieved eBook : Gibb, Nick, Peal, Robert: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Agree it's bad. One thing would be more broad-based movements that strongly opposed racist abuse, 'Sunak isn't English', etc - where there's strong consensus - without also advocating for 'decolonisation' or BME-only internships.
Football seemed to do it well. I've seen few equivalents elsewhere.
And read a personal tribute to him here:
www.edrith.co.uk/p/the-lanter...
Nick Gibb has left millions of children better off: more able to read, better educated and with a richer and deeper knowledge of the world. My personal tribute to his work.
