http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/community-sport-can-help-cut-crime-and-anti-social-behaviour/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/community-sport-can-help-cut-crime-and-anti-social-behaviour/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:00:18 +0000 Tamar Ghosh http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27896 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/community-sport-can-help-cut-crime-and-anti-social-behaviour/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/the-tension-between-the-old-and-the-young/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/the-tension-between-the-old-and-the-young/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:00:52 +0000 Caroline Mortimer http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27847 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/28/the-tension-between-the-old-and-the-young/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:00:08 +0000 Jack Foden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27668 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. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/22/just-about-everything-that%e2%80%99s-wrong-with-education-today/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/13/two-hours-of-sport-per-day-is-unrealistic-unless-you-attend-eton/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/13/two-hours-of-sport-per-day-is-unrealistic-unless-you-attend-eton/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:13:09 +0000 Cameron Corbett http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27337 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/13/two-hours-of-sport-per-day-is-unrealistic-unless-you-attend-eton/feed/ 45 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/11/its-time-to-start-telling-the-right-stories-about-young-people/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/11/its-time-to-start-telling-the-right-stories-about-young-people/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:00:36 +0000 Kate Robertson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27278 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/11/its-time-to-start-telling-the-right-stories-about-young-people/feed/ 14 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/stop-and-search-an-open-letter-to-theresa-may-mp-nick-herbert-mp-and-sir-bernard-hogan-howe/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/stop-and-search-an-open-letter-to-theresa-may-mp-nick-herbert-mp-and-sir-bernard-hogan-howe/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:00:02 +0000 Mediorite http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27222 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/09/stop-and-search-an-open-letter-to-theresa-may-mp-nick-herbert-mp-and-sir-bernard-hogan-howe/feed/ 76 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/08/the-debate-could-the-behaviour-seen-at-the-riots-ever-be-justified/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/08/the-debate-could-the-behaviour-seen-at-the-riots-ever-be-justified/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:11:45 +0000 Laura Davis http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27181 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/08/the-debate-could-the-behaviour-seen-at-the-riots-ever-be-justified/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/chris-moyles-and-radio-1-youth-brands-must-stay-abreast-of-age-laws/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/chris-moyles-and-radio-1-youth-brands-must-stay-abreast-of-age-laws/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:31:35 +0000 Paula Whelan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26744 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/chris-moyles-and-radio-1-youth-brands-must-stay-abreast-of-age-laws/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/the-age-of-people-not-wearing-trousers-low-has-nothing-to-with-the-recession-rappers-have-just-got-cooler/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/the-age-of-people-not-wearing-trousers-low-has-nothing-to-with-the-recession-rappers-have-just-got-cooler/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:00:46 +0000 Stephen Isaac-Wilson http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26473 The last time I checked global trends were set by the rich and famous - in this case rappers, and these rappers have moved on]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/the-age-of-people-not-wearing-trousers-low-has-nothing-to-with-the-recession-rappers-have-just-got-cooler/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/02/time-to-cancel-the-end-of-term/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/02/time-to-cancel-the-end-of-term/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:26:06 +0000 Susan Elkin http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25850 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?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/02/time-to-cancel-the-end-of-term/feed/ 45 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/25/young-people-are-sick-of-being-pushed-around/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/25/young-people-are-sick-of-being-pushed-around/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:05:15 +0000 Caroline Mortimer http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25635 There is a story retold by historian, Robert Darnton, about a series of ritualistic murders of cats in the printers’ district of pre-revolutionary Paris that shocked and horrified its residents. It turned out that the cats were killed by the apprentices as revenge for the ill treatment, low pay and little chance of career advancement at the hands of their masters and their masters’ wives.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/25/young-people-are-sick-of-being-pushed-around/feed/ 97 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-debate-sticks-and-stones-is-it-just-banter/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-debate-sticks-and-stones-is-it-just-banter/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:00:43 +0000 Laura Davis http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25439 Derogatory language is common among children, but is using terms that have undoubtedly negative connotations detrimental to how children will view minority groups, or are efforts to quell offensive language among school children futile, and a step too far?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-debate-sticks-and-stones-is-it-just-banter/feed/ 20