New book: "A New Sociology of Work?". This book asks what might be required of "a new sociology of work" and why such a project is vital for understanding people's working lives at the start of the twenty-first century. 16.08.08 [PASCAL Observatory]
Daily Archives April 9, 2006
Families and households and youth : My generation. Creed O'Hanlon questions the real influence of baby boomers in this essay for Griffith Review 13. He suggests that rather than being the social conscience of the twentieth century, they deliberately co-opted and distorted youth culture and turned it into a commodity, packaging dissent as readily as community, music or fashion. He…
In Today's Rat Race, the Most Overworked Win . For years, economists have taught their students a simple maxim: As employers hunt for workers, they want to get the best talent at the lowest price. By Shankar Vedantam. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post]
Local companies work on secondary schools building projects. Fourteen local companies are among those that have been working on PeterboroughŴ
As pupils and students return to their desks, September has been chosen as the month to focus on education and learning in Scotland. The Executive, learndirect scotland and Scotland's learning community has, for the first time, arranged a series of events throughout the month to highlight their focus on engaging Scots in lifelong learning and education. September 6 - Multiple…