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‘Pushy parents’ help children make the grade at school Parents who push their children to work hard at school have a bigger impact on their child’s academic success than their teachers, research suggests. The effort a parent puts into ensuring their child buckles down to schoolwork has a greater impact than that put in by […]

via telegraph.co.uk I am sure that many owners of small businesses (SMEs) are considering what they are about to face in 2011. True, there are doom and gloom messages from the Government, not helped by David Cameron who, in covering his backside, stated that he sees 2011 as very challenging, still singing the same song, […]

c/o http://www.mikebakereducation.co.uk/blog/  I was very sad to see that Aim Higher is to be shut down. Not because I have worked alot with Aim Higher but for the young people who now have the fees problem to get over too. It seems to me that higher education is going to becmome eliteist again. A real shame for […]

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People I know well /  have worked with which you may find useful…I love to recommend people… www.robthejoiner.co.uk – Rob Fry – he built my office! Reliable and trustworthy. www.barakagarforth.co.uk – The best coffee in Leeds, based in Garforth near the A1/M1 link road. www.bouncycastleleeds.co.uk – Bouncy Castles! Ask for Nigel www.mantocreativemedia.co.uk – corporate / charity video production […]

I was privileged to be a judge at the Education Leeds Social Enterprise Day at Garforth Holiday Inn a couple of weeks ago. The Education Business Partnership do a great job helping young people think enterprising thoughts that turn into action. I awarded Holley her ‘Entrepreneur of the year’ prize. She had achieved a lot with many challenges in her community arts project, and was a worthy […]

A new generation of digitally-aware 8-14 year olds has been identified in the biggest ever pan-European study of tweens. These children, who have never known a world without the internet, and who in turn have a heightened awareness of their future and that of the planet, have been labeled Generation XD – the Digital children of Generation X. Named ‘Generation XD’ […]