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Local banking: A quiet revolution

15 May 2014

With French economist Thomas Piketty’s book, ‘Capital’, shooting straight to the top of the bestsellers list, the need to tackle rampant inequality in the UK becomes ever clearer. Meanwhile, a quiet revolution in public finance has been slowly spreading across the UK,...

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Education: Tuition fees are a failed experiment

14 May 2014

The debate about tuition fees has been brought back into the spotlight recently after official forecasts suggested that the write-off costs for student loans had reached 45 per cent of the £10bn in student loans made each year. The proportion of...

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Education: Nothing ventured, nothing gained

13 May 2014

The financial crash of 2008 has sharply exposed the increasing misalignment of our education system with its fundamental purpose – to meet the future needs of the labour market, and to effectively equip all young citizens with the knowledge and...

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UKIP shows we are confused about racism. Do we need a new word?

13 May 2014

Funny thing, racism. Many believe it is widespread within society, but it is almost impossible to find anybody who openly or even consciously subscribes to it. ‘Racist’ ranks alongside ‘paedophile’ and ‘murderer’ amongst the worst things somebody can be called,...

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Education: Helping troubled pupils through social pedagogy

13 May 2014

One of the major challenges facing professionals involved in the education and care of children in the UK concerns how best to meet the needs of troubled, vulnerable and disadvantaged children who are struggling at school and who have, for...

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There’s trouble abroad: David Cameron is a foreign policy prisoner

12 May 2014

David Cameron has been prime minister during some of the most dramatic foreign policy developments of the last 20 years. From the Arab Spring to the crisis in Crimea, the coalition has been contending with global shifts every bit as...

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