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Making it 18 – the SNP votes yes to raising the age of recruitment
16/10/2017
Douglas Beattie reports on an important campaigning moment.
SNP adopt #MakeIt18
10/10/2017
A passionate debate was held on Sunday 8 October at the SNP Conference on Raising the Minimum Age of Military Recruitment to 18. The motion was passed!
Is pushing the cadets really in pupils’ best interests?
09/10/2017
Cadet units are not a social panacea but a recruitment tool. Our article, published in Schools Week, critiques the social impact report being used by the MoD to validate the expansion of cadets in state schools.
The Ministry of Defence has no place in our schools
07/10/2017
Children don’t need militarism. They need a decent learning environment, writes Rhianna Louise. Our piece in The Morning Star about the latest announcement of more cadet units in schools and the problematic social impact report that has been published to support this.
From the classroom to the frontline – schools must be careful what they teach kids about the army
06/10/2017
This article by. Lecturer in Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham, explores the dangers involved in miltary activity in schools and for the youngest recruits. It emphasises the moral risks and the ‘moral exploitation’ involved.
ForcesWatch comment
28/09/2017
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Army presentation for schools
25/09/2017
The Army powerpoint presentation used in schools, current in 2015. Received as part of FOI2015/02776 request, 2 April 2015.
Why We Must Take Children Out Of Military Environments
22/09/2017
With former 17 former Army Foundation College Harrogate instructors facing court martial for mistreating recruits- including actual bodily harm and battery, we look at the evidence that military environment facilitate threats to child welfare. This article was first published on Huffington Post
Academics: Armed forces are no place for 16-year-olds
13/09/2017
A letter to the Guardian (12/09/17) from more than 50 academics has called for the age of recruitment ot the UK armed forces to be raised to 18. It backs a conference motion from SNP Youth in support of this.
Arms companies and immorality in education
08/09/2017
As the largest arms fair in the world takes place in London, we explore how arms companies have become part of the education system in the UK, despite the concerns for human rights and corruption that surround the defence and security industry.
Make Art Not War… or both?
30/08/2017
Poppy Kohner examines the Army@theFringe season at the Edinburgh Festival and asks what becomes censored when elite institutions take on the programming and hosting of the arts.
Should the military be promoted in schools?
17/08/2017
The armed forces have a growing involvement in secondary schools, colleges and even primary schools. While the Army, Navy and RAF have long run activities in schools as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Youth Engagement programme, the Department for Education promotes ‘military ethos’ within education, and parts of the armed forces, along with the arms industry, are developing their involvement with curriculum provision and sponsorship of education institutions. This A4 leaflet (updated 2017) outlines the issue and what the concerns are.
This A4 leaflet (updated 2017) outlines the issue and what the concerns are.
Stripping the Civilian – how army training isolates, disorientates and dominates recruits
04/07/2017
New findings highlight need to protect young people from harsh military training environments and inadequate safeguards in cadet forces.
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