The National Literacy Trust is a UK charity that changes lives through literacy. We have a vision of a society in which everyone has the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills that they need to fulfil their own and, ultimately, the nation's potential.
Social dialogue is under great strain throughout the EU because of the economic crisis, with Eastern Europe particularly hard hit, says a report presented by the European Commission yesterday (11 April).
European Commission - Press Release - European Commission MEMO Brussels, 11 April 2013 (see IP/13/321) What is "social dialogue"? In general, "social dialogue" refers to discussions, consultations, negotiations and joint actions involving organisations representing the two sides of industry (employers and workers). It can take place at all levels (company, sectoral, regional, national, European) and either
The on-going economic crisis poses a serious challenge to the dialogue between workers' and employers' representatives and governments according to a report published by the European Commission.
Workers getting a smaller slice of the pie | ILO GENEVA (ILO News) – Workers’ share of national income has been shrinking in most countries, causing public dissatisfaction and increasing the risk of social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said in a report. “It has affected perceptions of what is fair, particularly given the huge payments some company executives have been getting,” said Patrick Belser, a co-author of the Global Wage Report 2012/13. Simply put, more of the national pie has been going to profits, and less to workers.
The Congressional Research Service withdrew a report that found no correlation between top tax rates and economic growth after senators raised concerns.
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Down the 2011 Open Source CMS Market Share Report from water&stone. This is the 4th annual report of the industry's leaders, laggards and systems to watch. 62 pages. Over 30 exhibit. Lead analyst: Ric Shreves.
Neben den nationalen Hochschul-Rankings gibt es seit Jahren immer mehr internationale. Die European University Assoziation (EUA), eine Art europäischer Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, hat nun viele solcher Rankings näher beleuchtet. Bei den meisten Rankings würden demnach die negative Effekte den Nutzen überwiegen. Ist die EUA also ein Ranking-Gegner? Torsten Bultmann hat sich den Report genauer angesehen.
What this report shows and what the government is too paranoid to admit is that the 'war on drugs' is a disaster. We need an evidence-led debate about the way forward but if they withhold the evidence we can't have the debate.
Belarc Advisor is one of the handiest programs going, especially for IT types. The program creates an HTML report that not only tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the hardware on your system (except perhaps why it doesn't work correctly!), but also what you might need to know about the software that's installed. Gathered info includes motherboard type and revision, CPU and GPU info, drive space, Microsoft hotfixes, operating system revision, and Web browser vulnerabilities, as well as third-party software installs.
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