The new CRB vetting laws mean that on your 16th birthday, you are transformed overnight from being the vulnerable child that needs protecting to a potential
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The Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition gets thousands of school students involved in debating key issues of the day. Privileging content over presentational style, school students get stuck in and never fail to impress. Having expanded the Debating Matters competition to ...
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On the streets of London the public provide more than ‘sound-bites’ and have their say on assisted suicide and sixth form students at the 2009 Debating Matters UK final do battle over this difficult issue. Expert judges take the students to task and Dr Michael Fitzpatrick suggests the state stepp...
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In a compelling on the sofa discussion, young volunteers examine the anti-war movement. They consider whether the anti-war demonstrations that gained momentum in the run up to the Iraq invasion, embody a new era of mass political action or merely express a confused and disengaged morass...
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Are you for or against the EU? On the streets of London the public are split down the middle, most want more information and certainly a chance to vote. In the studio, Oxford University lecturer Chris Bickerton, discusses the nature of the EU and the Lisbon Treaty. Having apparently ‘got it wro...
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Austerity now trips off the lips of every politician. They tell us cut backs and tightening our belts are the order of the day. The Imperial War Museum website even provides ten top tips from the Blitz for surviving the recession. Jean, Doris and Andy, who lived through the Blitz in East London ...
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The third WORLDwrite newsreel is jam-packed, starting with a sneak preview of a controversial, hard-hitting documentary, Corruptababble. This film challenges the assumption that corruption is everywhere in Africa. Next WORLDwrite looks behind the CCTV cameras and hears from a lawyer who argues ag...
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Volunteers made freedom of movement the issue on the 5k women's challenge. If you find immigration laws as backward, restrictive and repulsive as we do, you can join our Open the Borders campaign, support the women runners and even buy the T-shirt! Visit http://www.worldwrite.org.uk/borders-run....
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Transporting you through time from the creation of the docks to the present day, the Docks and Dockers tour tells the truth about trade and the changing nature of production. This is an exclusive preview of the guided tour which takes place in London. To book your place, please visit http://ww...
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India and China are experiencing unprecedented levels of growth. The world’s tallest buildings, largest airports, fastest trains, and biggest dams are now all to be found in the developing world, and China and India may soon become the world’s largest economies. The WORLDbytes crew filmed this Ba...
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On the WORLDbytes Chill Out Desk scientist Joe Kaplinsky helps us realise water is not something we should worry about. In 1858 London suffered what was known as the Great Stink, when excrement backed up on the tidal Thames forcing even Parliament to consider adjourning upstream. The Victorians...
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In this report economist and journalist Daniel Ben Ami, discusses what he calls “Caveman Equality.” He reminds us that in the Stone Age we were “all pretty equal …and dirt poor”. This caveman logic needs to be rejected, he argues, and instead we should fight for Ferraris for all. This report fea...
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