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Ten Years after Crick Report

The Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) in partnership with the Hansard Society, Institute for Citizenship and Parliament's Education Service, held an event in Portcullis House on November 19, 2008 to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the publication of the Crick Report. The conference discussed...

Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 11-20-2008
Youth Citizenship Commission::Are young people allergic to politics?

The latest HeadsUp forum is open now and will run from from Monday 17 November to Friday 5 December . The Youth Citizenship Commission was set up by Gordon Brown to look at ways of developing young people’s understanding of citizenship and increase participation in politics. There are 13 Commissioners...

Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 11-19-2008
Young People and the US Presidential Election

Now that the dust has settled on the US Election we look at how successful Obama and McCain were in engaging young voters Both the UK and the US have struggled with low turnout amongst young people over the last few years. However the 2004 and 2008 American Presidential elections have marked a huge turning...

Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 11-19-2008
Engaging online: Getting citizens back to the centre of democracy

On October 29 2008, the Hansard Society held a seminar in the Scottish Parliament to explore the different characteristics of online engagement. Organised in collaboration with Microsoft, the session focused not simply on the technology but also on the impact of organisational culture and the broader...

Posted to Hansard Society Scotland (Weblog) by admin on 11-07-2008
Your Parliament - 1964 edition

The Hansard Society was established in 1944 to promote the ideals of the parliamentary system of government and to ensure that democracy would be safeguarded by being understood, debated and improved by parliamentarians and the public. Part of our work to increase the public’s understanding of politics...

Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 11-06-2008
EU and All That! Citizenship conferences

Back by popular demand... Building on the previous run of eight successful EU and All That! conferences, the Hansard Society will be running a further six teacher conferences with the UK Office of the European Parliament across the UK. The purpose of the conferences is to provide teachers with practical...

Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 10-29-2008
Law in the Making receives an honourable mention at Think Tank of the Year awards

The Hansard Society's recent publication, Law in the Making: Influence and Change in the Legislative Process , received an honourable mention at Prospect magazine's annual Think Tank of the Year awards . To purchase a copy of the book, click here .

Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 10-20-2008
Rubber Stamp or Cockpit? The Impact of Parliament on Government Legislation

Susanna Kalitowski Research Fellow, Parliament & Government Programme, Hansard Society The following article, which is derived from the Hansard Society's Law in the Making publication, was published in the October 2008 issue of Parliamentary Affairs . It can also be accessed online . ABSTRACT...

Posted to Parliament & Government (Weblog) by admin on 10-20-2008
Rebuilding engagement requires motivation, access and trust

The Governance of Britain review is about "renewing the relationships that we have with each other as citizens and with the Government". This necessarily involves consideration of the mechanisms of citizen engagement and it is hard to imagine anyone brave enough to argue that these are currently...

Posted to eDemocracy (Weblog) by admin on 10-01-2008
HeadsUp Forum::Immigration and the UK - Report now available

Immigration is an issue that is often high up on the list of priorities for people in the UK. In the most recent survey carried out by polling company Ipsos MORI 11% of the people asked rated immigration/race relations as the most important issue facing Britain today. A quarter in the survery said it...

Posted to Citizenship Education (Weblog) by admin on 09-17-2008

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Ten Years after Crick Report

Youth Citizenship Commission::Are young people allergic to politics?

Young People and the US Presidential Election

Engaging online: Getting citizens back to the centre of democracy

Your Parliament - 1964 edition

EU and All That! Citizenship conferences

Law in the Making receives an honourable mention at Think Tank of the Year awards

Rubber Stamp or Cockpit? The Impact of Parliament on Government Legislation

Rebuilding engagement requires motivation, access and trust

HeadsUp Forum::Immigration and the UK - Report now available

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