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Take arms firms out of the Big Bang Fair
28/03/2014
Letter signed by over 100, including ForcesWatch
Defence Committee report challenges the MoD (again) to produce a ‘robust and thorough’ review of under 18 recruitment
06/03/2014
The Defence Select Committee have today released their report of inquiry into the MoD’s Future Army 2020 plan. Amid the concerns about the strategy of increasing the proportion of reservists in relation to regular forces, the report calls on the MoD “to respond in detail to the argument that the Army could phase out the recruitment of minors without detriment to the Army 2020 plans”. Read our submission to the inquiry here.
Disaster militarism
05/03/2014
The country’s military institutions must not be seen as deserving of special consideration. Once the ethos of public service has been smashed and discredited by neoliberal restructuring, the danger is that it will take more than an army to bring it back. By Vron Ware.
Gove’s Troops To Teachers ‘A Costly Flop’
04/03/2014
Michael Gove’s scheme to train ex-squaddies as teachers was labelled an “expensive flop” yesterday after it was revealed the Tory Education Secretary mustered just 132 recruits.
ForcesWatch submission to Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties
01/03/2014
ForcesWatch’s submission to the Defence Select Committee inquiry on Military Casualties draws on our research published in The Last Ambush.
Military-style discipline to raise standards in state schools
28/01/2014
Former soldiers without degrees will be fast-tracked into teaching and more cadet force units will be established as part of a dramatic expansion of a “military-style” ethos in English state schools
Multicultural Britain rejecting foreign conflict, MoD admits
24/01/2014
Repeat of Afghanistan-or-Iraq-style invasion ruled out for war-weary UK, according to senior officials
Army helps jobseekers towards employment
28/11/2013
Midlands SPEAR (Supporting People into Employment with the Army Reserve) is a pilot scheme created by 143 (West Midlands) Brigade which has caught the attention of government ministers and, if successful, could be rolled out across the UK.
Fighting the ‘Battle of the Narrative’: Communicating Army 2020
A recent course organised for influencers was designed to convey the British Army’s response to a changing strategic landscape. Despite redeployment from Afghanistan and Reserve reorganisation, this exercise emphasised that the British Army is still very much in the war-fighting business.
‘We need more wars’: Head of controversial private outsourcing firm blames lack of conflict for spectacular collapse in Army recruitment since it took charge
The head of a controversial private outsourcing firm accused of presiding over a collapse in Army recruitment has attempted to blame a lack of war for its failure to sign up new soldiers.
Militarisation in everyday life in the UK: a conference report
26/11/2013
In response to the recent developments in the UK, there has been an increase in critical academic studies, media coverage, and work by campaigning organisations and others on these issues. On 19 October 2013, around 70 academics, activists, campaigners, and writers came together in London at the Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference organised by ForcesWatch.
Presentations from the Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference
21/11/2013
The Militarisation in Everyday Life in the UK conference was held in London in 2013 and was organised by ForcesWatch. It brought together academics, writers, activists and campaigners concerned about the implications of the militarisation of everyday life in the UK.
12 presentations were filmed. For more details and background reading, see here.
Expand cadet force to encourage youngsters to join forces, defence minister suggests
Britain’s cadet force could be expanded to encourage more youngsters to join the Armed Forces, a defence minister has suggested.
Why are education projects run by ex-services being prioritised?
On 15 November 2013, the Department for Education announced “£4.8 million to projects led by ex-armed forces personnel to tackle underachievement by disengaged pupils“.
ForcesWatch has a number of concerns about the military-led ‘alternative provision’ being developed in schools: who benefits? the armed forces certainly will; military-led ‘alternative provision’ targets young people seen to be ‘failing’ – precisely those who need more options and, if channelled into the forces, are most at risk in warfare; the policy is based on limited evidence and ideological assumptions; will there be space for ethical issues around conflict to be addressed?
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