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The higher education press has lately been full of complaints about students' command of English. Universities need fees and, it's claimed, admit students to courses when their command of English isn't adequate.
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The second coming
Now, when it really matters, we are about to witness another reinvention of Gordon Brown. As Tony Blair finally makes way and the long weeks of the Labour leadership succession begin, Brown will seek a significant change of style.
Double standard
Outside work, many of us try to live fair, ethical lives. So why do we abandon that sense of social responsibility the moment we hit the office.
Risky business
“Certainly globalisation means that life has got more complex and because it’s got more complex there is a degree of uncertainty,” says Charlie Edwards, an expert on business resilience at Demos. In America, terrorism is seen as a major threat to business
Splitting headache
Terrorism is the main reason given for the split. Mr Reid says the new Home Office will be “faster, brighter and more agile” at catching bombers. It will handle policing, ID cards and immigration, and a new security and counter-terrorism outfit will take
Coordination is the key
Whitehall may believe that its joined up approach to policy is the envy of the world but more often than not it is a reputation built on sand.
Children's experiences of technology outside the classroom way ahead | E-learning | EducationGuardia
Children have been quick to grasp the joys of new technology. Why are schools lagging so far behind, ask David Puttnam
Let's be honest
The kind of public inquiry being called for into the events leading up to the 7/7 bombings will not solve anything.
Slow progress
Recent reviews on racial inequality in Britain highlight the fact that small businesses aren't doing enough to diversify their workforces.
Not another digital villain
Banning TV for toddlers is not a complete solution - there are better ways to juggle our responsibilities as parents.
Better design can challenge ‘disablism’
Our world of fiddly buttons and user-unfriendly gadgets is discriminating against disabled people, says new Demos report
Libraries can develop ‘creative reading’
Their contribution to helping young people develop creativity has been missed in the current library debate, says new Demos report
We are living in a ’society of small print’
Professionals and companies are becoming ‘responsibility averse’ in an attempt to protect reputation, warns leading risk management expert
Independent lives ‘lead to loneliness’
Social isolation is increasing in our fragmenting society with more people at risk of loneliness in the future, according to new report
Baby boomers try to relive their youth
The post-war generation is using wealth and leisure time to ‘have their time again’ and to postpone ageing, according to new report
Public debate needs to move 'upstream'
The government must start a public debate about nanotech now to avoid another anti-science backlash, according to a new report.
Ministers should appoint civil service chiefs
The cult of the ‘gifted generalist’ in the senior civil service is hampering public service reform, says new think tank report
Main political parties ‘facing oblivion’
Three Labour ministers debate loss of trust in politics and crisis in party membership at Demos fringe meeting in Brighton
Life skills key to tackling social exclusion and homelessness
Life skills key to tackling social exclusion and homelessness
Starter’s orders given on Olympic legacy
London should start now to secure legacy from 2012 bid