Youth
Community sport can help cut crime and anti-social behaviour
A year ago we were watching parts of the same city which hosted the Olympics going up in flames and wondering which part would be devastated next.
By Tamar Ghosh | Notebook, Olympics | Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 2:00 am
The tension between the old and the young
Thousands of teenagers ran out of their schools and sixth form colleges clutching GCSE and A-Level results last week, many of them excited about what the future holds. But that future is rarely in their hands.
By Caroline Mortimer | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 28 August 2012 at 12:00 am
Just about everything that’s wrong with education today
The current education system, under the impression the youth of Britain epitomize stupidity, seems to consist of a condescending series of spoon-feeding stages in a one-dimensional standardisation of children.
By Jack Foden | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 11:00 am
Two hours of sport per day is unrealistic
Following the recent success at the Olympics, there has been a huge increase in the amount of rhetoric regarding the sporting future of the education system.
By Cameron Corbett | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 13 August 2012 at 2:13 pm
It’s time to start telling the right stories about young people
With public trust and optimism in short supply it’s easy to find negative stories about young people. As a generation they’re written off as being ill-equipped for the demands of a working life, let alone a professional one.
By Kate Robertson | Notebook, Opinion | Saturday, 11 August 2012 at 8:00 am
Stop and search: An open letter to Theresa May MP, Nick Herbert MP and Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
Our work with young people, and in-depth research into last summer’s riots, shows that stop-and-search was a key causal factor in the violence that swept the country.
By Mediorite | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 2:00 am
The Debate: Could the behaviour seen at the riots ever be justified?
One year on from the biggest outbreak of civil unrest in England for 30 years, and a study has revealed that riots are likely to happen again unless action is taken to heal the divisions between teenagers and the authorities.
By Laura Davis | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 10:11 am
Chris Moyles and Radio 1: Youth brands must stay abreast of age laws
Whether Chris Moyles’ departure from Radio 1 was influenced by age discrimination, in light of the BBC’s desire to attract a younger demographic to this station, is unclear. However, it does beg the question whether youth brands should be allowed to call the shots when deciding whether an employee’s age is no longer appropriate to their job.
By Paula Whelan | Arts, Notebook | Tuesday, 24 July 2012 at 1:31 pm
The age of people not wearing trousers low has nothing to with the recession – rappers have just got cooler
The last time I checked global trends were set by the rich and famous – in this case rappers, and these rappers have moved on
By Stephen Isaac-Wilson | Arts, Fashion, Music, Notebook | Wednesday, 18 July 2012 at 4:00 am
Time to cancel the end of term?
British school children are in school for just a few hours five days a week for around 38/40 weeks a year. It really doesn’t add up to very much overall so why do we allow so much of that precious time to be wasted?
By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 10:26 am
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