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  • Lord Norton on the importance of Citizenship in schools

    Lord Norton, Professor of Government in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull and member of the Hansard Society's Advisory Council has written a staunch defence of Citizenship's place in the National Curriculum for Democratic Life : When I visit schools...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 12-07-2011

  • Westminster World Heritage Site and Parliament Square a national disgrace

    New vision which puts citizen and visitor at its heart is needed, says new report from the Hansard Society A new report from the Hansard Society - A Place for People – Proposals for Enhancing Visitor Engagement with Parliament’s Environs - exploring how better use can be made of the Westminster World...
    Posted to Archived Press Releases (Weblog) by admin on 10-24-2011

  • The last blog...

    This is my last blog as Director of the Digital Democracy Programme. After three and half years I'm heading to new pastures, or rather old ones... back to the world of the independent consultant, this time London-based but still globally focussed. When I started in this role I wrote about the current...
    Posted to Digital Democracy (Weblog) by admin on 08-17-2011

  • Peer Factor winner tells all

    Anna Mammedova, one of the winner's of the Lord Speaker's 2011 competition for young people, gives an account of the competition winners day: 5.30am, my alarm went off. After getting ready me and my mother left home to catch our 6.58am train. Despite it being a long journey, me, my mother and...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 07-20-2011

  • New MPs struggle with work/life balance - but most see politics as a long-term career

    A new briefing paper, A Year in the Life: from member of public to Member of Parliament , finds long working hours and the competing demands of Westminster and constituency are proving detrimental to the family life of new MPs - yet despite this, most aspire to make politics a long-term career. Evidence...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 06-14-2011

  • Private Members' Bills: proposals for reform

    Private Members' Bills (PMBs) represent one of the few opportunities for backbench MPs to set the agenda in Parliament and address matters of public concern. However the PMB system is not fit for purpose, with popular bills regularly scuppered by archaic procedures and executive control of the timetable...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 05-24-2011

  • EU Explained teaching resource launched

    Free copies available to teachers EU Explained is the Hansard Society’s new teaching resource on the European Union and it is now available to teachers for free. Developed with the support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) , EU Explained helps teachers to give their students a greater awareness...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 05-09-2011

  • Next HeadsUp debate: Who is responsible for our health?

    "Our health...who is responsible?" will ask 11-18 year olds what they think about a range of health issues.The HeadsUp online forums are a great way to get young people interested in political issues and gives them the opportunity to have discussions about current affairs with their peers and...
    Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 04-15-2011

  • Audit of Political Engagement 8

    Willingness to get involved locally poses challenge for Big Society: only one in 10 people will ‘definitely’ volunteer The latest Audit of Political Engagement shows that while the momentous political events of 2010 increased the public’s interest in politics to a record 58%, there was no matching rise...
    Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 03-30-2011

  • Democracy Forum: Politics versus Young People

    Michael Raftery, Director of the Hansard Society Citizenship Education Programme, chaired a panel discussion on the issue of Politics versus Young People in Parliament on Wednesday March 16. The event was well attended and the majority of the audience were people aged under 25. The panel consisted of;...
    Posted to Recent Events (Weblog) by admin on 03-17-2011
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