Democracy Forum - Politics Versus Young People
Wednesday, March 16, 6.30pm, Grand Committee Room, Parliament, Westminster
Alongside the Hansard Society's Michael Raftery - Director of the Citizenship Education programme, a distinguished panel of speakers comprising Rt Hon David Blunkett MP - MP for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough and former Education Secretary, Craig Whittaker MP, member of the Education Select Committee, Laurie Penny - Journalist and Blogger, Aaron Porter - President of the NUS and Adam Crabb, campaigner, Bite the Ballot will debate a wide variety of issues affecting young people and their relationship with politics and the political system, including:
Are politicians and young people talking at each other rather than listening to each other?
Have politicians just paid lip service to the idea of getting young people enthused and knowledgeable about politics?
Do we need more imaginative and entertaining political literacy education in schools and colleges?
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E: hans_admin@hansard.lse.ac.uk
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