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06/01/2017

The fun of work - really?

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, The fun of work - really?

Will Self on how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged.

Will Self explores how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged with each other.

"I haven't been visiting schools and drowsing during headteachers' PowerPoint presentations for nothing this past quarter century", writes Will Self. 

"I know full-well that the purpose of both British education and British employment is the same: to keep us busy and purposive from cradle to grave". 

Will Self explores how the worlds of work and education have become seamlessly merged with each other. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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