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Colin Beveridge is a strategic adviser and troubleshooter who undertakes consultancy, speaking and writing assignments. He is particularly keen to help organizations that need to empower their change agenda and improve business agility. Colin also presents a series of distinctive seminars, workshops and briefings.

Technology blamed for poor reading performance

Posted on | August 15, 2008 |

A significant proportion (c40%) of teenage boys in the UK apparently have very low levels of reading ability. A commentator on Radio 4’s Today programme attributed this poor performance to the tendency of teenage boys to develop their basic reading ability through using technology (text messaging, computer games etc.) instead of reading books.

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