Health and Safety
BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | 21 rescued after floor collapses They should have done a risk assessment first…
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Ties that bind
BBC NEWS | Health | Doctor ties ‘to go in MRSA fight’So all doctors are men, apparently?
Bloody Hell!
This is another of Owen Barder’s fantastic spoofs – trouble is, they are getting ever closer to reality. I think we are arriving at a point where the government will be beyond parody…
Trouble at t’Mill
BBC NEWS | Education | Academics vote for strike action Well, it had to happen. Don’t you think Jocelyn Prudence is the perfect name for the employers’ negotiator?
Intute indeed…
Just had an email from the RDN – Resource Discovery Network – a name which means what it says. It’s a network by which you can discover resources. That isn’t good enough, though. Oh, no. They are going to change the name. So here’s the reasoning behind it:The RDN has taken specialist advice and, with… Continue reading Intute indeed…
Cut ‘n’ paste
I’m currently dealing with a plagiarism case where a student has copied all of two pieces of work – and, rather cunningly, I thought, used books not easily available physically or as e-books, but ones which feature whole pages on Google book search and Amazon “Look inside”. The student can’t actually cut and paste, but… Continue reading Cut ‘n’ paste
A Big Ask…
According to BBC Sport, “Wayne Rooney has agreed a five-book deal that will earn him at least £5m from publishers Harper Collins” It’s a lot to ask of the lad, but I’m sure with Coleen’s help, he’ll manage to read those five books in time to collect the money. I think they should make sure… Continue reading A Big Ask…
Simply yuk!
I always disliked Mick Hucknall. Something to do with the hair and the support for that Stretford team, I expect. Now the Observer’s profile of him confirms that, as I suspected all along, I was right. He says things like “I am one of the best singer-songwriters this country has produced. Ever. If people don’t… Continue reading Simply yuk!
It’s a Wrap
The Observer | Magazine | One family, one month, 50kg of packaging. Why? This article illustrates the problem I mentioned some time ago – and it’s a problem that won’t go away until we make the manufacturers do something about it. I like the idea, mentioned in the article, of a co-ordinated dumping of packaging… Continue reading It’s a Wrap
PFI shambles
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | The exorbitant cost of PFI is now being cruelly exposed Allyson Pollock’s article doesn’t tell you much you didn’t already know, but it’s an impressively detailed demolition job on the government’s most shameless sell-out of a noble institution that was once the envy of the world.