Jackie Beere explained that her experience as a teacher and head teacher had given her a passion to try and help ensure that young people get more than the basics from school.

It was a meeting between Derek Wyatt, MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and Steve Moore of Policy Unplugged, that sparked the idea of the Bricking it? event ... so Derek was ideal as one of three people asked to warm up the meeting with some challenging issues.
Outside Channel 4 I asked Derek to recap - and he explained the profound impact of a trip he made to India.
He said he had gone with a slight prejudice that India was a country of cheap labour and calls centre - but that had turned out to be completely wrong. He found a society that is skilled and smart, where students are being educated to levels often above those in the UK. And, of course, they speak English.
"Fundamentally I think we have got to change the way that we educate at every level - at schools and even at university. I think we are in for a hell of a shock."

Fascinating Article by Dr Julia Davies, University of Sheffield on how social learning spaces develop and are sustained on the photo sharing site Flickr

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