We live in gloomy times
UK unemployment rose by
39,000 in May 2009
1.54 million people are
claiming unemployment
benefits
Posts for trainee
solicitors are down
by 95%
John Lewis has 250 people
chasing each of its
graduate jobs…
…up 87% in a year
Microsoft closed applications for
its graduate scheme after
receiving 5,000 submissions
… for 25 vacancies
The
unemployment
rate for 18 – 24
year olds
is currently 16.6%
This is 4 times
the rate for older
workers.
The 5% of the population in China
of the UK
7%
They have more gifted & talented
students, than we have students
UK
According to former US
Secretary of Education
Richard Riley…
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Richest in the world
Largest military
Centre of world business and finance
Strongest education system
World centre of innovation and invention
Currency the world standard of value
Highest standard of living
The United Kingdom
…in 1900
In the UK,
98% of 12 year-olds
want
“to do well at school”
According to BBC News,
a new blog is created
every second.
There were over 150 million
users of Facebook in
January 2009
If Facebook were a country,
it would be the
8th largest in the world
(between Nigeria and Bangladesh)
1 in 3 of the UK population
have a Facebook account
(It’s nearly 1 in 2 in Iceland)
1,400,000 UK pupils have
their own web page.
It is estimated that a
week’s worth of The Times…
For students starting a
three-year university degree,
this means that . . .
half of what they learn in their first
year of study will be outdated
by the end of their studies.
fibre
7 out of 10
teenagers have a
handheld games machine
9 out of 10
teenagers have a
home computer, a
mobile phone and a
games console
84% of young people play
computer games at least once a
fortnight
72% of teachers never play
computer games
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