Now, this IS a fascinating perspectve. An article from the New York Times, dissecting the condition of young people in the UK (albeit from looking at a single neighbourhood) and the policies/politics that affect them. I think I’m going to try to keep a closer eye on what other countries media are saying about us

Check it out HERE

From Peter Levine’s Civic Renewal blog, an excellent critical history of community in a schooling system. It is very specifically focused and that is it’s strength. I don’t know if we have anything as strong as this for the history of regeneration in the UK but that would be a very interesting study.

Have a look at - A Brief History of Community Engagement In Education

Hello Again...

Oh dear, I just signed in and found out that I haven't posted since 30th January. We've been moving and it's been hellish trying to get all of the communications devices that are so essential to the modern office to get in sync with each other. Anyway, a couple of interesting things that turned up in my e-mail this morning...

This article that says Young people are buying ‘collectables’ as investments . It would be fairly acceptable were it not for the fact that they mean people under 40... Perhaps trading cards are the new buy-to-let boom?

The Economic and Social Research Council sponsored Festival of Social Science organised a dabate at Hampden Park over the weekend. The strapline that I read said:

“Young people often get bad press with newspapers focussing on stories of ASBOs, gun crime and binge drinking. But is this portrayal of Britain's youth today fair?”

It looked well organised with good speakers, I wish I had been there. Don’t know if there will be report from this event, given that it’s just part of a much bigger programme. There’s more information HERE