Social housing managers will require qualifications in bid to 'drive up standards' after Awaab Ishak's tragic death
The move comes in the wake of the Grenfell fire and the death of Awaab Ishaak from mould inhalation.
Staying with this wider view, climate science, epidemiology, gender politics, race politics and revisionist history spring to mind when it comes the the misleading value of qualifications as a guarantee of professional standards. Qualifications do not guarantee standards.
To take this further, it has become obvious enough that we need a public debate about the value of qualifications generally, but who would initiate and conduct the debate? Not MPs, they are part of the evidence that we have a problem with qualifications and university degree mills.
To take this further, it has become obvious enough that we need a public debate about the value of qualifications generally, but who would initiate and conduct the debate? Not MPs, they are part of the evidence that we have a problem with qualifications and university degree mills.
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The Grenfell fire was a huge tragedy, of course, but the whole set-up seemed designed to please left-wing critics of our country. Stalinist social housing blocks, built by a local authority, run by a labour council, then given away to a residents' association. And full of migrants to this country. What could be more promising?!
It appears that the managers were sold some dodgy cladding, and didn't maintain the place properly, nor did they know with any certainty who was living there.
I could write a course and set an exam to give all concerned a suitable qualification, but neither would be all that long.
Sam, and the tenants electing much of the management committee. That worked like a house on fire.
Sam - Stalinist social housing blocks is a good description. I'd rather live in a caravan.
dearieme - and at least some people in the local authority must have known how dodgy it all was.
It's not only local authorities passing the buck. Having lived in Army married quarters, both in UK and abroad, I was aware that the maintenance was arranged and carried out by civilian, often ex military, Barrack Inventory Accountants (BIA). Problems were reported and quickly resolved. The fact that when you were 'marched out', the property had to look like no one had ever lived in it helped in the maintenance. Then, the MoD, in it's infinite wisdom, sold the UK properties to a property development company and leased the quarters back. The result is lack of maintenance or repair, leaving soldiers, seamen, and airmen, and their families, living in accommodation declared unfit for illegal immigrants to be placed in them. To expect those serving our country, and expected to defend it, to accept slum conditions is a disgrace, though very little publicity is given to this. Someone in the Civil Service probably thought that if the councils can save a bob or two by offloading them onto a third party, why can't the MoD? Lampposts and piano wire spring to mind.
Penseivat
Penseivat - interesting, I wonder how may were surprised at the outcome? Not the Army I imagine. The public sector is not good at contracts like that and there is always a suspicion of corruption.
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