Category Archives: Employment and job hunting

Are there some moral lines that outsourcing of public services should not cross?

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Summary Should all public services and state functions be open for outsourcing or are there some lines that should not be crossed? The difference with this blogpost compared to others I’ve covered in public policy is that it looks at … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Charities and Big Society, Data, science and statistics, Employment and job hunting, Party politics, Public administration & policy | 1 Comment

Do we need a Fairtrade-style labelling system for manufactured products?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Summary Can such a labelling system help shoppers make the conscious choice to buy products manufactured under more humane and environmentally sustainable conditions? Or will it require legislation? This blogpost follows on from “I don’t want your charity, I demand … Continue reading →

Posted in Public administration & policy, Campaigning, protesting and demonstrating, Party politics, Employment and job hunting, Charities and Big Society, Business economics and finance, Law and legal issues | 4 Comments

A year on from my breakdown

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Summary Why recovery seems further away than ever. It’s been just over a year since I crashed and burned mentally. I’d like to say things have improved healthwise, but…have they? The thing with mental health is that it’s not like … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge, Education, training and exams, Employment and job hunting, Mental health | 1 Comment

Cash for Cambridge?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Summary Why the demands for £1billion for Cambridge should not be at the expense of northern cities Some of you may have seen the headline in the Cambridge Evening News. ‘Spend £1 billion on Cambridge – not the north’ I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Cambridge, Employment and job hunting, Housing and transport, Party politics | Leave a comment

Foxy and the dragon fairy

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Summary The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox – through my personal lens.  This isn’t a book review of Fleet Street Fox’s book in the normal sense. It’s more me trying to express how I relate to her as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge, Employment and job hunting, Mental health | Leave a comment

Caught between a policy rock and a policy hard place

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Summary Labour’s challenge of managing the policy-election cycle and the desire of their grassroots activists to see stronger opposition on a number of policy areas Labour are in the process of going through a significant effort to get grassroots input … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, protesting and demonstrating, Employment and job hunting, Law and legal issues, Party politics, Public administration & policy | 3 Comments

Journalism vs big vested interests

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Summary Can we follow our career passions with strong principles but without ‘selling out’ to big vested interests? I’ve titled this blogpost as such because it stems from a number of conversations I’ve had with journalists and people working in … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Employment and job hunting, Law and legal issues, Social media | Leave a comment

Lifelong learning

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

Summary Some thoughts stemming from the Coalition’s call to get the over 60s retrained Slowly but surely mindsets are changing around the concept of lifelong learning. But are the policies matching the words? We’ve heard ministers call for older people … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Education, training and exams, Employment and job hunting, Party politics | 1 Comment

The hidden costs of flexible labour markets

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Summary What might be good for a firm might not be good for society. Now where have I heard that before? This post has been brewing for quite some time too, but Frances Coppola’s post on bifurcation in the labour … Continue reading →

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Digital video project – the editing – and publishing the Twitter guide

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Summary One down, one to go. [Updated to add that we will be re-recording the audio for both on better equipment this week, and adding subtitles following useful feedback] Dana worked her socks off today on the editing of the Twitter … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, training and exams, Employment and job hunting, Fluffy topics, Social media | 2 Comments