Everybody I speak to in the IT industry agrees that the lack of job-focused IT skills in UK school leavers and graduates is causing recruitment problems in the technology sector at a time when we wrestle with unemployment across the country. Continue reading...
We still live in a world in which a professional footballer will tweet homophobic messages to thousands of followers and not think of the consequences; will also still live in a world where people are being hung because they are gay. There's clearly a fight still to be won, and events such as National Student Pride underline this very fact. Continue reading...
When I realised I was gay, it was a scary and isolating experience. I felt like I couldn't tell my friends through fear of rejection and that no one understood me, but I found that one person who I could trust with anything and told them. It was one of the best things I ever did. Continue reading...
I was shocked to discover the painful process that some families have to endure when appealing against their local education authority's special educational needs provision for their vulnerable child. Continue reading...
Nearly 17 million people in England - almost half the working-age population - have the numeracy skills expected of children at primary school. That means they may not be able to check pay and deductions on a wage slip, understand bus timetables or pay household bills. Continue reading...
