• The Telegraph alleges Cameron's community service plans to be inspired by the long tradition of volunteering found in independent schools. Seen as a pillar of a rounded education, every Eton pupil is expected to take part in voluntary activities up to twice a week - Cameron commented that as a 'community-spirited sort of person [he] decided to do both' the cadet force and visit the elderly. Telegraph


• Headmaster of a college in Taunton has written to sixth form students asking them to support the new gender identity of a technician who will undergo gender transition over the easter holidays. Telegraph

• Unison, which represents support staff in many colleges, has called for principals' pay to be capped. Pay for college leaders has risen by as much as 40% in the last eight years which Unison's general secretary will call 'unacceptable' in an environment where in 2010/11, £340m of efficiency savings and £200m of savings in adult learning must be delivered. BBC

• Chief Executive of City Year London says that Cameron's voluntary civil service is admirable but must go further than the proposed two month duration to achieve Gandhi and Cameron's goal that young people 'lose themselves in service'. Guardian


• Cameron's policy announcement of voluntary civil service seems to be winning him support from those who cannot vote. While arguably shoring up support for a 2015 election, Cameron's 45 minute visit to GCSE age students in Norwich enthused many of those he met but prompted the Guardian to question the apparently extravagant use of campaign funds. Guardian


• Oscar winning actor Michael Caine has joined David Cameron on the campaign trail in his support for voluntary non-military civil service. A Korea veteran himself, he grew up in Elephant and Castle and is now strongly anti-war. Last year he said that a return to national service would institute a 'sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence'. Guardian


• Police have accused Facebook of being 'arrogant' as it refuses to install a child safety button on its web pages. They report that while the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) received 252 complaints about possible illegal activity on Facebook in the first quarter of 2010, none came directly from Facebook. The CEOP director will meet with Facebook representatives next week. Times

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