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The pandemic has exacerbated many inequalities in society. This includes economic inequalities, which frequently stem from educational disadvantages. One of the most crucial of the factors leading to poverty of education is poor reading standards, or even illiteracy. This frequently has its roots well before school. My aim is to try to encourage pre-school childrenContinue reading “Pre-school Reading Challenge”

The pandemic has highlighted the development gap for many children. During lockdown we saw that in some homes, children have no access to any creative play and there is a focus on screen-based entertainment even at a very young age. There is often a lack of understanding of the needs of children at a youngContinue reading “The development and attainment gap for children”

Remote methods have created opportunities to provide top quality learning to students and people in the workplace and to ensure businesses receive the skilled people they need. Traditional ‘class room’ based higher education is currently un-deliverable so we need a radical change to the University System in the UK. It is my belief that updatingContinue reading “Re-learning how to learn for the 21st Century”

Challenge: Our young are ill prepared for the job market, the volume and nature of available job opportunities has changed with accelerating speed. A damaged supply chain within a perfect storm. The UK is at the precipice of an endemic crisis in education poverty. While the pandemic has magnified social and economic fault lines acrossContinue reading “Start up Nation. Net job creation through the challenges of an endemic poverty in education”

Despite many years of education and training, most healthcare professionals were unprepared for this pandemic. When we think of doctors and nurses, we assume that they are used to dealing with illness and death on a daily basis. We are right in a way; they are indeed experiencing the fine line between life and deathContinue reading “Healthcare professionals are left alone and unsupported”

The primary reason for the economic and social restrictions that we have all faced during this pandemic has been to protect the NHS and prevent it being overwhelmed. The consequences of that happening for any government are very damaging, as are the effects of the lockdowns on individuals. It is widely known that in ‚’normal‚’Continue reading “Creating NHS Emergency Reserves”

There are criticisms of labour as being in a less powerful position than capital in relations of factors of production, for instance, the ease of capital movement vs. restrictions placed on labour often based on racial and cultural biases. Remote working, aided by technology, to curb the spread of COVID-19 offers an opportunity to workContinue reading “Remote working and the opportunities for labour”

The low-paid and younger people have felt the biggest economic impacts of Covid-19 as they are more likely to work in the most affected sectors such as retail, leisure and hospitality. The Resolution Foundation found that hospitality and non-food retail drove the jobs-led recovery from the previous recession as during 2010 and 2011, hospitality andContinue reading “The lack of potential for retail and hospitality to drive the post-Covid jobs recovery”

Our democracy fell victim to the virus as elections for councillors, mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners were cancelled. Rescheduled and devolved elections in May 2021 face administrative challenges given continued restrictions and low uptake of postal voting. Those eventually elected will serve a shortened three-year term. The pandemic revealed how outdated our elections haveContinue reading “Democracy fell victim to the virus – elections should be modernised through online voting”

The pandemic has underlined the importance of many so-called unskilled jobs. The label ‚’unskilled‚’ harks back to the days when most employment was in the manufacturing sector but it has become increasingly irrelevant for decades. Many of the jobs in our extensive service sector demand traits such as interpersonal skills, conscientiousness, initiative and flexibility whichContinue reading “Let‚’s abolish ‚’unskilled‚’ workers”