Lee Jackson - Award-Winning Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Presentation Coach
Lee Jackson is an Award-Winning Motivational Speaker, Presentation Expert and Trainer working in organisations businesses and education to help people Get Good® - his style is engaging, authentic and jargon free.
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Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds and younger people are the most dishonest.
Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds Only one in three people were prepared to condemn lying in their own interests Britons are less honest than they were a decade ago, research by academics at the University of Essex suggests. The survey of more than 2,000 adults found that people were apparently more […]
Education minister Nick Gibb claims celebrity culture and obsession with wealth is harming children – Telegraph
British children are growing up in an “destructive” society obsessed with the celebrity way of life and need to be taught to live within their means, an education minister has warned. via telegraph.co.uk In an attack on contemporary values, Nick Gibb argued that a “got to have it now” culture was breeding unrealistic expectations of […]
‘Bankruptcy light’ hits young people
The “bleak” financial situation faced by the younger generation was laid bare today, as official figures showed that more people aged 25 to 34 are turning to a type of insolvency known as a debt relief order (DRO) than any other age group. One in four people who have taken out DROs in England and […]
Generation Y: they don’t live for work … they work to live
Settling down on the shiny black sofa in the front room of their student house in Jesmond, Newcastle, Ailsa McNeil and her flatmates discuss what they would do once they had left university. ‘The idea of moving into the financial world of London and working long hours inside a massive company does not appeal to […]
Barnardo’s poll shows shockingly negative view of children
Many people are at risk of giving up on children altogether, a shocking new poll commissioned by Barnardo’s has found. It shows that nearly half the UK population (49 per cent) agree that children today are beginning to behave like animals. ICM Research reveals that the public holds a negative view of all children, despite […]
Teenage Brains – National Geographic Magazine
Although you know your teenager takes some chances, it can be a shock to hear about them. One fine May morning not long ago my oldest son, 17 at the time, phoned to tell me that he had just spent a couple hours at the state police barracks. Apparently he had been driving “a little […]
Poorer children’s educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Summary Download as PDF 0.1 MB Background It is well known that children growing up in poorer families emerge from school with substantially lower levels of educational attainment. Such ‘achievement gaps’ are a major contributing factor to patterns of social mobility. The ways that affluence and disadvantage can influence educational attainment are potentially very broad. […]
Tim Dowling: So teachers think TV is bad for children? Computers worry me more via guardian.co.uk
via guardian.co.uk So teachers think TV is bad for children? Computers worry me far more Kids can tune out the television but computers rob their time and hijack their brains There are two different, slightly contradictory stories in the news about kids and television. The first is that having tellies in their bedrooms leaves young […]
BBC News – Youth unemployment in UK expected to reach 1m
via bbc.co.uk Unless we seriously look at issues around self-esteem, work ethicand confidence we will make no difference at all.
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