recruitment
War marketed as family entertainment
Letter to The Independent (see all signatories below).
Welsh Gov told to review the way British military recruits in Welsh schools
23/06/2015The Daily Wales
The Daily Wales
The Welsh Government has been told to review of the way the British Armed Forces are allowed to recruit in Welsh schools.
War veterans call for rethink on recruitment of 16-year-olds
23/06/2015The Guardian
The Guardian
Former professionals condemn recruitment of teenagers by ‘pushing the notion of a noble military career to children’.
A former cadet’s experience of the Combined Cadet Forces
Looking back on being part of a school-based cadet unit, the author reflects that, despite the fun and experience to be gained, the benefits could be achieved with non-military activities which would not present a dangerous and risk-laden career as an enjoyable and exciting activity or expose young people to an environment where bullying and hazing are normalised.
MoD claims request for sensitive student data to aid Army recruitment an “error”
09/06/2015Schools Week ; The Daily Mail
Schools Week ; The Daily Mail
'The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been blocked from obtaining highly sensitive personal data about school and college students, which had ostensibly been sought in order to help “target its messaging” around military careers...'
‘Targeted messaging’ in schools about armed forces careers not for the ‘well-being’ of students
Schools Week are today reporting that the Ministry of Defence requested access to the National Pupil Database. The request was for the most sensitive pupil data. The request was refused by the Department for Education. The evidence is in that the armed forces already visit schools for recruitment purposes so we ask why, if 'targeted messaging' in schools about armed forces careers is not for the 'well-being' of students, are they allowed to visit schools with their recruitment agenda at all?
‘Targeted messaging’ in schools about armed forces careers not for the ‘well-being’ of students
Schools Week today report that the Ministry of Defence requested access to the National Pupil Database. The request was for the most sensitive pupil data and was refused by the Department for Education. There is substantial evidence that the armed forces already engage with schools for recruitment purposes so we ask why, if 'targeted messaging' in schools about armed forces careers is not for the 'well-being' of students, are they allowed to visit schools - and run military activities such as cadets in them - at all?
The recruitment agenda behind the UK armed forces’ ‘engagement’ with students in schools and colleges
May 2015
This briefing is a compilation of evidence that contradicts the MoD and armed forces' claims that they don’t recruit in schools and that 'engaging' with students does not have a recruitment purpose.
Quakers go to war over ‘bellicose’ school pack that promotes ‘pro-military values’
03/03/2015The Independent
The Independent
The Government has been accused of helping indoctrinate children with pro-military values through a new schools pack aimed at promoting the armed forces.
A critical response to ‘The British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014’
March 2015
The report is published in conjunction with the video The British Armed Forces: Propaganda in the classroom? produced by Quaker Peace & Social Witness. This report explains why the British Armed Forces Learning Resource (published in September 2014 by the Prime Minister's Office) is a poor quality educational resource, and exposes the resource as a politically-driven attempt to promote recruitment into the armed forces and “military values” in schools.