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Chance for social enterprise to be more enterprising

Kevin Brennan is the minister who wants to help a group of special businesses to reveal their real value to society

A supporting role in the theatre

Liz McAndrew is now on a second placement as a project manager with the London Ambulance Service

The week in the public sector

Children who fail to master basic maths cost society up to £44,000 by their late 30s, according to a report

Management briefing: Gay-friendly employers

The public sector has scored very highly in the Stonewall survey of best employers ranked on their gay-awareness

Graduates go public for management training

The credit crunch is leading students to look beyond pay rates when considering a career path, Emily Ford and Carol Lewis report

Hospitals need transplant from retail sector

Dr Jane Collins says the NHS tends to concentrate on professional expertise without thinking about the patient experience

The Week

Police start using supergrasses again | Two ambulancemen arrested | Tories criticise salaries paid to council chiefs

Time more valuable than money for charities

Management briefing: charities have been advised that they would do better financially if they encouraged people to volunteer

Rethinking government for the 21st century

If the 20th century brought globalisation in the corporate world, the 21st century will bring globalisation in government

Times Top 100 Graduate Employers: the BBC

From Blue Peter presenters to IT specialists, competition is fierce for jobs with the world's most famous broadcaster

Services to help vulnerable children to close

The elderly and the poor will also suffer as organisations fight to save services through redundancies and cost cutting

Now more than ever is the time to give

Charities are essential for the success of public services, and the consequences of their absence would be dire

'We don't know where to turn for funding'

Spires, a service for homeless and disadvantaged people, has suffered a worrying drop in funding as demand increases

Charities cut services as donations dry up as the recession bites

One in three voluntary organisations expects to lay off staff within months, with smaller charities fearing for their survival

Becoming a business can free charities

I set up Safeguarding Children Services in 2005, with Elaine Allison, to provide help for children who have been abused

Global aid in crisis as cash supply dries up

The credit crunch has hit philanthropists and the public is more sceptical, according to a UN adviser, reports Parminder Bahra

Public sector this week

Extra judges are being drafted in to the courts to deal with more than 8,000 asylum and immigration appeals a year

Usefulness of Millennium projects in question

Professor Sachs promotes the use of official development aid, and lots of it, to tackle the core problems faced by Africa

Are GCSEs too dull for bright pupils?

The exams are 'formulaic and boring' according to the Master of Wellington College. Is he correct?

The Wellcome Trust takes a £1.5 billion hit

Britain's biggest charity and largest private sector backer of medical research says some of its investments turned sour