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Workplace Short Film Competition
Sometimes an idea comes along that strikes me as being particularly well done – and this is one of them. The challenge is to produce a three minute film on the theme of Workplace. It can be done professionally, or on your phone. The beauty of this, for me, is that the emphasis has to […]
Putting the cart before the cause?
September 10, 2009
New research has shown that, in primary schools, staff with a good work-life balance are more likely to produce higher achieving pupils – defined as those attaining level four or higher in Key Stage 2 level Maths and English. Or does it show that staff who teach pupils who attain level four or higher in […]
Posted in: Education, Employment
A perfect talent storm
September 9, 2009
Markets can be funny things but I have to admit that I am baffled by the current impact of supply and demand on estate agency. One the one hand, the property market has shrunk due to the lack of credit, many estate agents have been laid off, as with many other industries, and yet, as […]
Posted in: Communications, London
The Urban Hen
September 1, 2009
With piles of books still waiting to be read, there really was no reason to pop into Borders on the way back home this bank holiday on the off chance that I could resist buying yet more. But that’s exactly what I did – pop in, not resist, naturally. Indeed, as many have said before […]
Climate Camp – location revealed
August 26, 2009
One of the great things about this morning’s (so far peaceful) cat and mouse start to Climate Camp has been the way the media and police were kept guessing as to the eventual location. Yes, I know it annoyed Jack Straw and others and, in the greater sense of doing good by everybody, the organisers should really have […]
Twitter – it’s how you phrase the question
August 26, 2009
Biased though I may be as a research professional, might the reason so much of the traffic on Twitter is counted as pointless babble because the entry box reads: What are you doing? Given that many people engage with social media, online news and the cricket during their lunch hour (and, it seems, more and […]
Posted in: Communications
Novel gym membership idea from Waitrose in disguise?
August 26, 2009
Can’t help but wonder if tricks are being missed all over the developed world. People are spending large amounts of pounds (£££) to divest themselves of large amounts of pounds (lbs), largely because they’ve spent too many of the former on eating too many of the latter in the first place. The easy answer is not […]
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September 11, 2009
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