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involver’s 1st birthday party

We’ve been up and running just over a year now, so we thought we’d have a party to say thanks to all the people who’ve helped us. If you have and we’ve forgotten to invite you, please leave a comment or drop us an email and we’ll add you to the guest list. Location: downstairs [...]

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Newsletter 3: Why bother, audit, training and fantasy football

We’ve found some great resources for you, created a student voice audit tool and been doing some thinking about why democracy in schools is so important.

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I’d like to thank my mum, God and all the little people

I’m a little bit excited today, well actually I have been all week, because tomorrow we’re off to a very swanky awards ceremony at the Hilton in Park Lane, where Greg has won an award! So, we’ve both bought our outfits and arranged a very select group of colleagues and friends to join us (sorry [...]

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Democra-citizen-educata-participata-ball!

We’re starting up a friendly, monthly five-aside game in Old Street for anyone working in the youth and citizenship fields:
bit of fun, bit of sweat, bit of networking

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Sustainable desks

So, I’ve just been in to Shoreditch to sign the contract for our new office space, well desks in an office. We’re going to be based at Sustain (www.wearesustain.com) which is an eco office space.  We’re very happy about that as it fits in with the way we want to work. If I’m honest we’re [...]

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Experts Warn of Social Media Catastrophe

Scientists have warned of an impending economic catastrophe, warning that the UK is reaching a possible ‘Social Media Event Event Horizon’. More on this blog mj extract: “Environmental campaigners also supported the warning at the Conference, which was also liveblogged, Tweeted, streamed on YouTube and moblogged on Qik. Green Web activist Greena McGreen pointed out [...]

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Tokyo Woman Jailed for Avatar "Murder"

The future is here? mj According to an Associated Press story, a Tokyo woman is in jail today for logging on to a virtual world and deleting her virtual husband’s virtual identity. The woman, a 43-year-old piano teacher, was evidently upset that her online companion in a virtual world called “Maple Story”

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Read in the tabloids

A group calling itself the “Typo Eradication Advancement League” has set out on a year-long journey across America to combat irritating grammatical errors. The aim of Jeff Spokane and friends is to “make the US a safer place for spelling”. “We carry a supply of erasers, chalk, and white-out fluid and correct errors wherever we [...]

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Worst headline of the week?

It Was Asbestos Times, It Was the Worst of Times from Daily Grist 24 June 08: U.S. Supreme Court clears way for asbestos-company trial MJ

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Spreading the use of Oyster north of Finsbury Park station

Lynne Featherstone writes: “Tap in and tap out: yes please It’s one of the great successes of Transport for London. Yes – you heard right – TfL and the word ‘success’ in the same breath. I’m talking Oyster! Now we tap in and tap out without a second thought. We nimbly flit from tube to [...]

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Admissions…

Heard on Radio4 (Boadcasting House) 2 Mar 08 by mj: Tomorrow is A Day. Admissions Day; the long-awaited morning when half a million fretful parents will learn whether their child has got into the secondary school of their choice. For months parents have being saying things ‘We’re hoping he’ll get into this marvellous school just [...]

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SCUK features in very best of journalism

Just saw this, which mentions us, which is nice. Apparently it was written by a “Stroud News and Journal Reporter”, but there are a few tiny clues that it might actually just be a press release cut and psted onto their website…. Not only have them managed to leave in the ‘Notes to the Editor’ [...]

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Nice bit of flash programming

Dutch department store Mark

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What's the point of this blog?

Well, I see it as a place where we can quickly note down our thoughts, experiences and links to news stories relating to education and participation.  Primarily we are doing this for each other (and ourselves), but it may also be of interest to other people interested in school councils and School Councils UK.  In [...]

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