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The Value of School Sports
How do we make school sports appealing to all young people? Jane is joined by Helen Finbow, the Sunday Times PE Teacher of the Year 2007, and by Baroness Sue Campbell, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust.
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Bridgettine Nuns on the Long Road to Beatification
Two British nuns will be made “Servants of God” in a ceremony at the Vatican. Simon Caldwell from the Catholic Herald and Sister Janet Fearns discuss.
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Squeeze on University Places
University funding has been cut. How difficult is it going to be to get in and what do you do if you don’t? Kate Butland from UCAS and Sarah Clover from the website 'notgoingtouni.co.uk'.
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Your Wedding
Are there things you would change about your wedding day? Journalist Lucy Mangan and novelist Elizabeth Noble.
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The Value of School Sports
It is National School Sport Week and the government has just announced plans for a new School Olympics with the aim of reinvigorating competitive sport in schools and capitalising on the legacy of the London Olympic Games in 2012. So what is the true value of school sports? Baroness Sue Campbell Chair, Youth Sport Trust
and Helen Finbow, Sunday Times PE Teacher of the Year 2007 discuss -
University Places
As part of the Coalition government’s push to tackle the budget deficit, £649m of university funding has been cut. As a result, the 20,000 extra places promised by Labour to help cover the gap between the rising number of applications and number of available places has been halved. Further, the remaining 10,000 extra places will only be funded for 1 year. To assess the situation, Jane is joined by Kate Butland from UCAS and Sarah Clover from the website 'Not Going to Uni'.
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The Wedding Season
As the weddings invites arrive, are there things that you would have changed about your wedding? To discus Jane is joined by journalist Lucy Mangan who’s just published “The Reluctant Bride: One Woman’s Journey (Kicking and Screaming) Down the Aisle” and best selling novelist Elizabeth Noble whose latest book “The Way We Were” begins with a wedding at which the heroine meets up again with her teenage sweetheart.
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Bridgettine Nuns on the long road to Beatification
On 5th July two British nuns, Sister Katherine Flanagan and Mother Riccarda Beauchamp Hambrough will be made “Servants of God” in a ceremony at the Vatican. This is the first stage on the long road to being made a saint. Simon Caldwell from the Catholic Herald explains why these nuns from the Bridgettine Order have been put forward. And Sister Janet Fearns explains just how a person can be accepted as a Saint.
Broadcasts
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BBC Radio 4Tue 29 Jun 2010 10:00 BBC Radio 4
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