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The Declining Value of A Degree?

Karl Thompson / November 3, 2017

More people are doing degrees, yet they are less likely to give us the skills future employers need, so is […]

Karl Thompson / September 17, 2017

Understanding the Capitalist Mode of Production is crucial to an understanding of both Modernisation Theory and Dependency Theory – I

Capitalist production alienates workers from their products, their labour power, themselves and their own souls.

Results day tomorrow, and I predict that Social Media will be full of comments by celebrities telling students that exam

Below is my summary of chapters 6-11 of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, which deals with what needs

Adapted from Taylor’s ‘Good Work’ Report (2017). This report reviews the current state of work and makes (some fairly limited

Five reasons why women are less likely to get promoted than men include discrimination, caring responsibilities, lack of vertical networks,

The increasing automation of jobs could (should?) result in us all working less – but instead, most of us seem

Karl Thompson / December 30, 2016

Black and Asian Muslim children are less likely to get professional jobs, despite doing better at school, according to an

Karl Thompson / September 17, 2016

Care workers in Britain paid below the minimum wage Seventeen care workers are suing contractor Sevacare for paying them below the