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Frank Furedi in the news
Compensation culture ‘putting curbs on school trips’
Daily Telegraph,
10 September 2012
Growing numbers of schools are banning playground games and class trips as “ambulance chasing” solicitors swamp head teachers with compensation claims, according to research. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor.
Complaints culture ‘drains schools and hospitals of billions’
The Times,
10 September 2012
By Nicola Woolcock, Education Correspondent.
Compensation Culture ‘Bleeding Dry’ Services
Sky News,
10 September 2012
Education and health professionals are putting litigation avoidance above what is best for pupils and patients, a study says.
‘Litigation culture’ is making Britain less safe, says report
Independent,
10 September 2012
By Jeremy Laurance.
Report slams compensation culture
Law on the Web.co.uk,
10 September 2012
A report has warned about the costs of a growing compensation culture in the UK, in particular for schools.
Litigation culture draining billions from hospitals and schools
Sunday Telegraph,
9 September 2012
The growth of the "litigation culture" is draining hospitals and schools of money, a report published on Monday warns. By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent.
Complaints culture ‘is bleeding schools and hospitals dry’ as NHS faces £16bn of claims
Mail on Sunday,
9 September 2012
Report claims that complaints against doctors and teachers reduces the quality of service; Legals claims against NHS account for 18 per cent of its budget. By Jo Macfarlane.
Warning over compensation culture
Press Association,
9 September 2012
An ingrained compensation culture is "bleeding health and education services dry", according to research.
We’re creating adult-phobic children
Winnipeg Free Press,
8 September 2012
By Robert Alison.
Rob White: Planet Intolerance
The Global Warming Policy Foundation,
8 November 2011
Book Review: 'On Tolerance', by Frank Furedi.
Open Lecture - Professor Frank Furedi on tolerance
University of Kent,
2 November 2011
Author, broadcaster and sociology professor, Frank Furedi will give an Open Lecture at the University of Kent on Wednesday 2 November at 6pm.
FiveBooks Interviews: Claire Fox on freedom of speech
The Browser,
18 October 2011
Modern society has interpreted John Stuart Mill's concept of tolerance to mean that we should avoid giving offence. The director of the Institute of Ideas tells us about books that show how far we've departed from what was meant
Review by Mary Warnock
Times Higher Education,
29 September 2011
Freedom withers if a culture of 'therapeutic censorship' flourishes.
Review by Julian Baggini
Financial Times,
16 September 2011
Veteran intellectual pugilist Frank Furedi makes an attack on tolerance without engagement.
Review by Edward King
Sunday Times,
11 September 2011
The sociologist argues that in our modern multicultural world we have lost sight of what it means to be truly tolerant.
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