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Many babies, one future | Iain Duncan Smith
Early intervention is crucial to a child's life – which is why we must find a way to pay for itIn 1999 Tony Blair gave a speech in which he contrasted the experience of two babies on a maternity ward....
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Engineering students at Silverstone search for the right formula
Multi-nationals will be watching from the sidelines at Formula Student 2011, where wannabe engineers from Australia to Gaza will test racing cars they have designed and builtAs extra curricular...
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Should I buy an end-of-term gift for our children's teachers?
A reader wonders whether buying a teacher a small gift is necessary, and what would be suitable?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out – a...
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Health and safety rule abuse 'stifling childhood'
Bureaucrats creating joyless playgrounds and uninspiring science lessons as a result of overuse of regulationsThe chair of the Health and Safety Executive has claimed that "jobsworth" bureaucrats are...
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Jobsworths misusing rules to ban fun at school, says health and safety chief
Agency vows to challenge 'daft and misguided decisions' that make playground games, sport and science lessons dullMisguided "jobsworths" are preventing children from enjoying traditional playground...
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Once Upon A Life: Arabella Weir
Sent to a new school at the age of 11, writer Arabella Weir quickly became top of the class – in winding up the teachers. But could her wise-cracking career survive the challenge of taking...
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Dr Kenzo Kase: My magic tape can aid injured muscles | My bright idea
Whether in garish pink or tasteful beige, Kinesio tape provides pain relief for sports stars. And it works on dogs, says Japanese chiropractor Dr Kenzo KaseIt was hard to take your eyes off the...
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Yes, we had no bananas | Peter Preston
Spanish children find rationing hard to grasp, but in essence they'd fit easily in my village schoolIt's Beatrice, aged nine, on the phone from Barcelona. "Grandpa", she says, "are you and granny...
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Pass notes No 3,002: The Oxford comma
Elitist and irritating, or useful and precise? All you need to know about the controversial punctuation markAge: As old as the hills, Methuselah, and time itself.Appearance: Looks just like any other...
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The end of zero risk in childhood? | Tim Gill
The time is right to move beyond health and safety debates to an expansion of our children's horizonsThe head of the Health and Safety Executive, Judith Hackitt, has come out fighting to defend her...
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Letters: The ABC of early years intervention
The passion of the secretary of state for work and pensions (Two babies, one future, 2 July) for early intervention to increase the chances of a disadvantaged child moving out of poverty brings horses...
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Martin Rowson on the government's overhaul of health and safety 'red tape'
The Department of Education has decided to cut more than 150 pages of safety guidelines down to eightMartin Rowson
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Opera pulled after school protests over gay character
Scene in Beached, written by Billy Elliot author Lee Hall and involving 300 primary school children, deemed 'inappropriate'What began as a promising and non-controversial community project between the...
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Kelner's passion held The Independent together in troubled times
I posted a piece on Friday looking back at Simon Kelner's 13 years at the helm of The Independent. To date, it has generated only three public comments, one critical of Kelner's poster-style front...
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Oxford commas? Let common sense prevail | David Marsh
So, American fears about the end of civilisation were unfounded. But there's no need to be dogmatic about the Oxford commaWho gives a fuck about an Oxford comma? asked Vampire Weekend. Quite a few...
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Life on campus (in the tropics)
The Guardian's Higher Education Network meets some of the UK staff who are currently teaching on Nottingham University's Malaysia campusStanding by the palm-fringed outdoor pool my gaze skims over the...
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David Miliband chairs final of Debate Mate school debating championship
Erstwhile Labour leadership contender, David Miliband took time out to chair the inter-schools debating championship 2011Frederika Whitehead
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Cribsheet 04.07.11
Misguided jobsworths must stop their over-zealous application of health and safety lawsWorld gone mad, says Health and safety execThree cheers for Judith Hackitt, head of the Health and Safety...
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The curse of the football referee
If you swear at a referee, will you automatically get sent off? Scientific researchers have tackled the issueDo swear words have predictable effects on football referees? A team of Austrian scientists...
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Want to be a Beefeater?
Britain's famous Beefeaters have been helping academics with an oral history research projectArrive at the Tower of London today, and a smiling Beefeater will guide you knowledgeably through centuries...
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