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Workplace Short Film Competition

September 11, 2009

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Higher Education – cost versus value

August 21, 2009

It’s all well and good for David Lammy to continue to beat a drum for Higher Education but is it not now time to ask what benefit the Government policy of pushing people into University courses, regardless of desire or appropriateness, produces for the individuals or for society? New data from The Push Student Debt […]

A DIY guide to being Mayor of London

August 18, 2009

Think of some good policies (borrow from others if struggling) Win office – not as easy as it sounds (unless your main two rivals are more bumbling than you) Run lots of competitions to fulfil policy pledges Ah, that’s the spirit, Bozza!

Weak…but not at the knees

August 5, 2009

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 […]