'The English don't value childhood'

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Al Aynsley-Green, national director for children's healthcare services in England, discusses children, childhood, child services and the perception of children in England. Aynsley-Green contends that, unlike southern Europe or Scandinavia, the English do not really value chidren, childhood or parenting and it is for this reason that children have had a low profile in the formation of government policy for the last 50 years.

Public affairs, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Children, Social Service Support-Children, Social aspects, Political aspects, Children's services, Aynsley-Green, Al

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Not a man to be swayed by fads

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Christopher Hood, newly appointed director of the Economic and Social Research Council's public service delivery programme, denies claims that the Labour Government is simply lifting ideas from the private sector in its reforms of the public sector. Hood approaches public sector reform with a long-term view, relying on an evidence-based approach rather than following current "fads, fashions and preoccupations'.

Services information, Services, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Public sector, Hood, Christopher

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Wise owls help roos write

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An examination of the Royal Literary Fund (RLF) and the fellowships, worth UKPd13,000/yr, that it offers to writers who work for two days/week in institutions of higher education helping students to improve their writing skills. The fellowship scheme, which the RLF initially piloted in 1999-2000, is unique in the United Kingdom, although a similar scheme does exist in the US.

Study and teaching, Writing, Educational aspects, Fellowships (Financial aid), Royal Literary Fund

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