Frank Furedi

Professor of Sociology at University of Kent, and author of Politics of Fear, Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?, Therapy Culture, Paranoid Parenting and Culture of Fear.
 
       
 

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Why pedagogy is in peril
spiked, 30 October 2009
Frank Furedi talks to Jennie Bristow about the politicisation of education and the crisis of adult authority.

Teachers fight back against false claims of pupil assault
Observer, 25 October 2009
Poll by Association of Teachers and Lecturers reveals that quarter of school staff have faced unfounded accusations.

Motivational gimmicks ‘undermine intellectual content of lessons’
Daily Telegraph, 23 October 2009
Motivational 'fads and gimmicks' used to prevent children becoming bored in the classroom are undermining the intellectual content of lessons, an academic has warned.

Why supermarkets are off their trolleys
The Times (London), 15 October 2009
Over-zealous retailers won’t let parents buy booze — or sometimes even cheese — any more. Why is mistrust our default? By Carol Midgley.

Academic highlights decline in teacher authority
Your Thanet News, 10 October 2009
A leading academic has reignited the debate over the decline in behaviour standards in our schools.

Child Prisoners Of Paranoid Parents
Sky News, 13 August 2009
By Colin Brazier.

Fees fuel campus consumer culture
BBC News Online, 16 March 2009
By Sean Coughlan.

Keeping mum: Julie Myerson on her contoversial new book
Scotland On Sunday, 15 March 2009
By Dani Garavelli.

Our fascination with Jade’s grim reality
Sunday Times, 8 March 2009
Is it the public nature of her dying or is there something about Jade Goody that means we cannot look away? By Margarette Driscoll and Kevin Dowling.

Get a Grip, You’re British
New York Times, 21 February 2009
By Sarah Lyall.

Wonder Woman or traitor to her sex?
Sunday Times, 11 January 2009
The battle lines are confused in the reaction to the five-day maternity leave of Rachida Dati, the French justice minister.

‘Ignore expert advice, parents - it’s best for your child’
Kent Online, 9 January 2009
By Chris Price.

Paranoid parenting
GMTV, 8 January 2009
The University of Kent's Professor of Sociology Frank Furedi is calling for parents to ignore the policymakers and 'parenting experts', and to regain a viewpoint that advances children's wellbeing.

Baby P: how does society best protect its children?
Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2008
The issue of how we best protect our children and the vulnerable is one of the most important and sensitive we face.

Why are teachers scared of learning to give pupils First Aid?
Times Online (London), 10 November 2008
By Alexandra Frean, Education Editor.

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