“The idea of e-learning, that having an iPad is going to make learning easier, there’s good data again suggests that the introduction of iPads in schools and everyone is going to learn other laptops has actually decreased test scores. And we now know that one of the privileges of going to a private school is now that you’re much more likely to learn with a pen and a paper, and a teacher standing at the front of the class teaching you rather than on a screen.”

Listen to the preceding episode that informs this Q&A and then to the other series about the importance of reading that both of them refer to as well!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n8ynwz

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"... don't let accumulating money and fame get in the way of you loving golf ..."

interviewee Dr Bob on sport section BBCToday at 0830ish

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This is an excellent little series y’all should listen to.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sdyn

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West German welfare institutions subjected children to widespread medical abuse

The Experiments
File on 4 Investigates

Jack Butcher investigates allegations that children in West German welfare institutions were subjected to widespread medical abuse, including medical experiments.

During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, many children found themselves in West Germany's sprawling network of children's institutions. In recent years, Germany has been shocked by revelations that some were used as guinea pigs for powerful new drugs, including potent anti-psychotics, as doctors worked hand in hand with pharmaceutical companies to observe the effects of new medications on young children.

The allegations were first brought to public attention by Sylvia Wagner, a pharmaceutical historian who grew up in a care home, and whose own brother was a victim of medical abuse.

Pulling together Sylvia's research, speaking to victims and digging through the documentation, Jack Butcher and reporter Ilona Toller, who led a major investigation of the scandal for German national radio, lay bare the horrendous human cost and tell the story of the tenacious activists who have challenged the conscience of their nation.

Producer and Presenter: Jack Butcher
With reporting from Ilona Toller and Anouk Millet, and additional research by Leonie Mombaur.
Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson
Sound Design: Phoebe McIndoe
Mix: Arlie Adlington
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

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37 minutes

On radio

Tomorrow
11:00
BBC Radio 4

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpqf

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William Dodd Fights the Factories
History's Heroes

In the industrial revolution, a worker takes on the factory system and demands an end to brutal conditions.

Stories of bold voices, with brave ideas and the courage to stand alone. Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on remarkable people from across history.

A BBC Studios Audio production.

Producer: Lorna Reader
Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Commissioning editor for Radio 4: Rhian Roberts

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28 minutes

On air

Today
15:00
BBC Radio 4

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tppn