Pause...... ~ Franklin Carmichael #CanadianArt

Autumn in New York. Kaoru Yamada

Reading to kids doesn't just benefit them. It's good for parents too. Evidence: Reading regularly to children improves parenting skills, reduces stress, and builds lasting bonds. In a distracted world, sitting together with a book is a rare occasion for undivided attention.

October news from the ERC - mailchi.mp/enterpriserese…

A far greater proportion of private than state school pupils get extra time in exams… which is even odder when you consider the wider context this is happening within: we know special educational needs are more prevalent in poorer areas ft.com/content/5f96ea…

Young working-class people being blocked from creative industries 7% of people educated in the UK attend private fee-paying schools. However, 43% of Britain’s best-selling classical musicians & 35% of Bafta-nominated actors are alumni of private schools theguardian.com/inequality/202…

At the Shard today at Warwick Business School's centre to present Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) funded work on AI adoption in rural SMES with Wyn Morris and David Dowell.

Through the windows, 2021 by UK painter Emma Haworth #WomensArt

How does it cost £8000 a month to provide one person with residential social care anyway? What percentage of that is profit for private equity bosses?

I wish Twitter had a factory reset button.

Today you are going to be fed a complete lie by the Conservative Party about a vote in Parliament this evening on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. This will be pushed by their social media mouthpieces as well as other right-wing voices, including the owner of this site.

Take me back to when the news was trustworthy.

Absolute garbage of a headline - what just happened is that a bill to protect vulnerable young people was voted through

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Letter in today’s Times