Starbucking a trend

August 11, 2009

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I really don’t know what to make of Starbucks. Part of me feels that I should get on a high horse and despise them fro being a corporation but, since actions are meant to speak louder than words, I’m not sure I can look past some of theirs so easily. For a start, they sell […]

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I do not know what I do not know

August 10, 2009

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Without meaning to give undue credit to Rumsfeld, there is more than a hint of resonance in his 2002 briefing when it comes to the latest research on state versus private education. The Sutton Trust’s research into access to higher education is a valuable addition to the debate and confidence is indeed a major factor in the […]

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Posted in: Education, Employment, Politics, Social impact

“Radical rethink needed on food”

August 10, 2009

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I wonder how radical, radical really is?  Saying no to fish?  Investing in Vertical Farms?  An explosion of closed loop recycling?  Expansion of allotment land?  Let’s see, shall we? BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | ‘Radical rethink’ needed on food.

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Weak…but not at the knees

August 5, 2009

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The BBC asks whether you would drink a weaker pint if it cost 60p less and, I think, yes, I would. I don’t normally go in for the idea of buying something because it’s cheaper or because you get more for the same price (a ‘more than’ I find I rarely need – hence the […]

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Booksellers complain about Oxfam

August 5, 2009

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Who would win in a straight fight, a charity or a bookshop?  Of course, it shouldn’t come to this.  The notion of charity chuggers charging librarians in the streets of Hay is a curious one (though I suspect the chuggers would have it) but since it looks like that bout is currently on the cards, […]

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Posted in: Books, Charities, Interesting, Social impact

I Don’t Want One Of Those

August 4, 2009

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70% of all food produced is not consumed It was back in May last year that The Independent ran an article looking at the inordinate amount of perfectly good food thrown out each year in the UK.  Since then there have been a number of interesting, and more mainstream, TV programmes about the same subject […]

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The role of HE in tackling climate change

August 3, 2009

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This week sees the launch of a new Consultation on a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England, a joint initiative by HEFCE, Universities UK and GuildHE. The aim of the strategy is to make use of the HE sector in the UK to tackle climate change in a number of ways: […]

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August

August 2, 2009

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adj. inspiring reverence and admiration. Well, I don’t know about that but I am setting myself a challenge for the month that will at least be worth something, I hope.  I’m going to walk.  Not the prodigious distances that earned Sir Ian his knighthood, the cause of constant merriment in the Sky commentary box (his […]

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