News & Links
All the information that I place on the Alliance website is there to make it available for advocates of children’s wellbeing, so they are easily able to access any information they may need. If you use this service, it would be helpful if you acknowledged the Alliance for Childhood website as your source. We would also welcome any additional information, news items or research. This is the news that came in during the last 6 months. Any older items are in the archive.
Christopher Clouder
Students only have '10-minute attention span'
Wednesday 01. of December 2010By: Hannah Richardson
University students have average attention spans of just 10 minutes and many miss lectures because of the need for part-time jobs, research suggests.
Home education and the children, schools and families bill
Monday 01. of November 2010By: Oliver James et al
We believe that schedule 1 of the children, schools and families bill represents an unacceptable imposition of state control over families. Although it is aimed at children educated outside the school system, it has implications...
Written Ministerial Statement on Television Product Placement
Thursday 02. of September 2010By: Ben Bradshaw
The Government’s plans for product placement on television.
Growing up should be child’s play, not a race to adulthood
Monday 02. of August 2010By: Colette Douglas-Home
‘Is there something wrong with me?” the writer asked. “I’ve never had a boyfriend and I am 12 years old.” I was reading a magazine problem page.
Arnie terminates textbooks to offer an electronic education
Monday 02. of August 2010By: Mark Prigg
For schoolchildren it could mean the end of lugging heavy books to school every day, while for parents and schools it could mean big savings.
Kids' heavy use of technology undermines learning
Sunday 02. of May 2010By: Mike Zwaagstra
BlackBerrys, iPods, texting, high-definition TV, Kindle book readers and MP3 players. All of these were virtually unheard of just a few short years ago and now they are commonplace. It shows just how quickly technology changes...
Product placement's threat to children
Saturday 01. of May 2010By: Aric Sigman
Childhood is already commercialised – plans to allow product placement on UK TV pose a further threat to children's health