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<H2><a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/106805">2018 TASC Annual Lecture - The Great Educational Cul-de-Sac</a></H2>
Dublin | Education | By anon TASC <h4>Event Time: Monday, Dec 3 2018</h4>
<P>In today's society, ‘more education' is marketed as the cure-all for economic and social ills. Conventional wisdom suggests that larger education budgets reduce social exclusion and inequality; that increasing numbers of university graduates turbo-charge growth; and that more classroom learning creates greater mobility. But if these ideas are true, then why has productivity growth slowed at a time when there are more graduates than ever before? Why, then, does social mobility also seem so stubbornly low and inequality so high in this hyper-educated environment? </P><P>Keynote Speaker: Prof Alison Wolf, Economist and Professor of Public Policy, King’s College London<br />
Respondent: Ruairi Quinn, Former Government Minister (finance and education) and leader of the Labour Party, Professor of Business, Trinity College Dublin.<br />
Chair: Paula Clancy, TASC Board Chair and Founder of TASC <br />
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In today's society, ‘more education' is marketed as the cure-all for economic and social ills. Conventional wisdom suggests that larger education budgets reduce social exclusion and inequality; that increasing numbers of university graduates turbo-charge growth; and that more classroom learning creates greater mobility.<br />
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But if these ideas are true, then why has productivity growth slowed at a time when there are more graduates than ever before?<br />
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Why, then, does social mobility also seem so stubbornly low and inequality so high in this hyper-educated environment? <br />
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In her best-selling book, Does Education Matter: myths about education and economic growth, renowned economist Alison Wolf argues that our firmly-held beliefs about education do not ring true. She presents an empirically-based argument for why 'education as a panacea' is a misguided belief and how to rectify it through strategic thought on where education funding is allocated and why.<br />
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TASC is pleased to announce that Alison Wolf will discuss her findings as the keynote speaker at its 2018 Annual Lecture. We invite you to join us for a thought-provoking talk and an engaging audience discussion on such an important (and it seems, misunderstood) topic.<br />
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Click Here to Register<br />
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<strong>Venue</strong><br />
Royal Irish Academy Dawson Street, Dublin 2<br />
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<p><small>posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28 2018, 10:57pm</small></p>
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