Archive for June, 2010
Export Capital
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 29/06/2010
Students have long been able to choose between universities – who in turn, compete for students’ applications, touting their accolades to passengers on the tube and tv audiences, writes Zenobe Reade.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 25/06/2010
The population’s preoccupation with the gaping hole in George Osborne’s wallet has provided a devious distraction from all sorts of tomfoolery, writes Annaliese Briggs.
‘Traffic Light’ Food Labels given the Red Light
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 23/06/2010
One of Brussels’ largest lobbying campaigns has convinced the EU not to endorse ‘traffic light’ food labelling, despite studies showing that it is the “best way for consumers to make informed choices about the food they purchase”, writes Natalie Hamill.
Just a wee loan
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Social Security on 21/06/2010
“New York City is the world capital of banking. They do the banking for the whole world, but they don’t do the banking for their neighbours.”
Mohammed Yunus created the Grameen bank in Bangladesh to encourage enterprise by offering microcredit loans to those with no recourse to financial services.
Twist, Stick or Bust – The EU’s Economy Game
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 16/06/2010
The EU has reached a critical state of play in dealing with the economic crisis, writes Natalie Hamill. The monetary decisions it makes now could bind or break the ideal of “an ever closer union”, with everything to lose if it makes the wrong move. One by one EU states are adjusting their economic forecasts and “knuckling down” for a difficult few years, and even the more robust states are sinking into the rhetoric of deficits and spending cuts.
A Stitch in Time saves Nine
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Uncategorized on 15/06/2010
It’s hard to argue with the careful and earnest semantics of the coalition document, in which Cameron and Clegg pledge to ‘tackle the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood’ writes Zenobe Reade. Yet the remit of Cameron’s avowed campaign against ‘premature sexualisation’ is unclear -