This proposal focuses on using technology to develop the right kind of mindset in our children. Specifically, how it can help form habits that last a lifetime and inform day-to-day decisions. A country’s children are its most precious cargo. The…
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The furore over the Conservative Party voting against school meals for children last October raised a very pertinent question: Why did MPs vote against the motion? What earthly reason could they use to justify allowing children to go hungry? Some…
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We have ‘a culture of relentless exams, spurious league tables and artificial competition between schools’ that seems to be grinding our students down with an ‘alarmingly high’ levels of illness. The start of a person’s life should be filled with…
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This dive into Be Connected’s public sector procurement data analysis capability looks at Mobile in the Greater London area. We chose that location because it is the single largest UK region and is broadly representative of the UK as a…
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Disseminating information to the public This short paper proposes a type of “citizens’ information portal” to disseminate knowledge and provide an authoritative source or knowledge base on a range of lifestyle matters. The benefits of a focussed information source Curating…
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It’s time! With bags packed, dogs tearily left, and mums tearily leaving, university can begin. The start of this time is marked by a special week loved by many – Freshers’ week. Controversial and fun, Freshers’ week is a time…
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BeConnected is only 4 years old. It’s still an infant but with a big vision for the future. If we were to encapsulate this vision into one sentence it would be: The go-to source and cross-departmental sharing resource for internal…
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Cross Sector Procurement Gateway (CSPG) holds a great deal of extremely useful data for public sector procurement officers. It is very easily leveraged to generate real savings when approaching a framework. Be Connected is the inbuilt tool for extracting usable…
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More and more people are using their phones to learn. Whether in their spare time or as a learning tool to supplement whatever they’re doing, it’s clear that the app store is a new and exciting resource for education. But…
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A great public sector procurement deal has several successful components. All should be present to qualify it as a “good deal”. Here are 4 that spring to mind: Lower cost, ideally through collaborative procurement for greater buying power Demonstrable savings…
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