Letters to the Editor: Room for improvement in youth work curriculum
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Opinion
- Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | CYP Now
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Opinion: Who carries the can when things go wrong in childsafeguarding?
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Opinion
- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
What did you think last month when you heard that the Prime Minister of South Korea had offered his resignation in the wake of the
ferry disaster? I don't suppose anybody thought that the PM had been at the helm of the ship that sunk, or that he could personally be held to blame for any lapses in the training of supervision of the ferry. But
the culture in South Korea expects that those in highest authority carry responsibility for anything that goes wrong.
Opinion: Learning by doing has more impact than learning by rote
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Opinion
- Monday, May 12, 2014 | CYP Now
Here's an admission: I've recently come to the view that what I've
believed for a long time about how I work is, if not wrong, woefully
incomplete. Worse, I've always known this, subconsciously, but have
ignored it because it did not fit my prejudices. For years, I have been
promoting the need to understand the legal basis of what we do. I am one
of the sad people to have read the year 2000 study on the law of
education and the role of the local authority, from preface to
appendices. I was one of the few students attending the lectures on
education law during my Postgraduate Certificate in Education
course.
Lessons for commissioners from Carillion
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Opinion
- Tuesday, July 31, 2018 | CYP Now
Between the spectacle of President Trump's visit and the drama of Brexit, it would have been easy to miss the report from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) on the lessons for politicians and public service commissioners following the collapse of Carillion.
Creating a country that works for all children
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Opinion
- Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | CYP Now
When Theresa May became Prime Minister she promised that the UK would be a "country that works for everyone". It's a wonderful and bold aspiration.