Jobs should be given on merit and not as part of hitting diversity quotas

Jobs should be given on merit and not as part of hitting diversity quotas, says veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald Sir Trevor McDonald has said that he favours people being given jobs on merit He also said he struggled with the fame of being such a prominent journalist He said when he joined ITN he … Read more

Champions League qualification ‘will be decided on sporting merit’ if season can’t be finished

UEFA have decided that if top European leagues are unable to finish their current campaigns due to the coronavirus crisis then next season’s European places will be chosen on ‘sporting merit’, it has been reported.  This would likely mean a decision made on points-per-game tally, according to The Times, which would secure a Champions League … Read more

Children share resources with others based on merit

Playground politics: Children share resources with others based on merit and withhold them from those they deem ‘incompetent’, study of pre-schoolers shows The study involved playing games and rewarding stickers to 3 and 4-year-olds Researchers had children allocate stickers to question answering glove puppets  More successful puppets were given considerably more stickers than the others … Read more