England is obsessed with security. Especially children are affected by regulatory and parental care aiming at eliminating every possible risk in their children’s life. Therefore, some 20 millions English working with children has to pass police security checks – numerous authors who declined are now banned from reading their books to school classes. In one…
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Great-Britain – Catching-up on Renewable Energy
England, for a long time virtually energy-independent thanks to its North-Sea-petrol, has badly missed to develop its huge wind-energy-potential. While for instance Germany has become a leading player in this future-proof industry, Britain only now starts to pay attention. Being late, it goes directly after the more challenging offshore wind farm-technology, which promises to harvest…
British Education – Taxing Academics Instead of Charging Students
Facing massive budget cuts, England’s administration gets creative. Instead of further increasing university fees – already the highest in Europe – the ministry of education is thinking about radically changing the system, eliminating fees altogether and introducing a life-long university tax for successful graduates. Like this, socially disadvantaged students could study much more easily, high-income…
