‘In Business’ Archives
Right Idea – Wrong Target
Lord Falconer threatens regulation of compensation sector. See also BBC NEWS | Politics | Firms warned over accident claims It was in August that Tory spokesman David Davis took a potshot at human rights legislation. He claimed that it was responsible for the 'compensation culture' which was growing up in Britain. Lord Falconer is today to [...]
Business will pay the price of language teaching collapse
See also BBC NEWS | Education | Compulsory language lessons fall Only one in three schools in England make all pupils study a foreign language at GCSE level, according to a new survey commissioned by the National Centre for Languages. 97% of independent schools keep languages until 14, but only 30% of state sector schools. This figure has [...]
Employers, government and educationalists need to decide what degrees are for
See: BBC NEWS | Education | Degree grades 'in need of update' In the early 80's, most people who went to university and got an honours degree got a 2:2. In 2003, most got a 2:1 or a first. This is good news for the government, perhaps neutral for educationalists, and bad news for employers. As an employer, I want to distinguish between job [...]
Why it’s time to begin to say goodbye to Windows
BBC NEWS | Technology | Concerns over Windows cashpoints and BBC NEWS | Business | UK report says Linux is 'viable' Recently the organisation I work for decided to switch its telephone network back to a Unix rather than Windows server basis. The feature set is basically comparable, and there was already an investment in Windows server [...]
