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Soumaya Ghannoushi insists the media are on a daily mission to equate Islam with fascism. This is patently not the case
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Passion in the Workplace
Young people want to work for organisations they feel passionate about, says Peter Grigg.
The importance of being there
On Monday I went to see author and thinker Clay Shirky talk at a lunchtime seminar hosted by the Demos think tank. Clay was charming and intelligent and funny, and I got to hear him thinking out loud about the impact of social tools on international polit
A Demos event worth turning up to
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, was a must see event.
State of Trust
In State of Trust, a study written for the leading think tank Demos (and funded by Communities and Local Government and the IDeA), Simon Parker, Phil Spires, Faizal Farook and Melissa Mean explored what trust might mean, why it is useful and how councils
Wanted: risk-takers for the next decade
Duncan O'Leary and Paul Skidmore of the think-tank Demos argued that enterprise should be embedded within the teaching of employability skills, for both young people and adult learners. "Common debate centres around literacy, numeracy, and communicatio
Individual taste
Despite fears that the system could be open to abuse, the government this week made it clear that personal budgets for care are the key to providing services that people really need.
Myths and Monsters
Three years after 7/7 the threat is still real and still misunderstood
State must proceed with technology in classroom plan
The UK think-tank Demos last year published a report Their Space: education for a digital generation. It talks about young people spending their time in a space which adults find difficult to supervise or understand. It found that "the use of digital tech
The many faces of innovation
INNOVATION has become a popular subject on the business bookshelf over the past few years. But few of the new titles have offered much in the way of vision, insight or practical guidance. Two recent works—Charles Leadbeater's “We-Think” (Profile Books) an
SATs would be 'son of gold standard'
School assessment system is under pressure to turn students into exam scores for university admissions, says new think tank report.
Transit centres should help migrants rebuild lives
UK government migration proposals must be backed by support and loans for new arrivals to Europe, according to new report
UK library service in 'terminal decline'
New libraries agency should step in to create a national network of ‘hub’ services, says key government advisor
Manchester is favourite with 'new bohemians'
Ethnic diversity and gay people are key indicators of cities’ creative potential, according to new UK creativity index
Arts leaders meet to discuss value of culture
Our cultural assets will be damaged unless major arts institutions successfully argue for their intrinsic worth
Location-aware tracking could be new 'killer app'
...but users need to see the trade-off between privacy and delivery of location-based services, says new report
Schools need 'education epidemic' to change
Teachers should embrace the 'hacker ethic' and share thier knowledge of what works, says leading education reformer
Government faces ‘baby boom backlash’
Ageing baby boomer generation could become force for social progress or a lobby for their own interests, says think tank report
Internet users challenge mainstream politics
Online interaction could improve democratic participation, say leading American cyberculture writer and UK e-government minister
3G Mobiles promise better London living
The public sector could deliver better services and improve political participation using wireless technology