Journalisted

"Name game"
Tuesday, The Guardian

· "Until today, I thought my department laboured under a ridiculously long name," remarked John Denham, secretary of state at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. "But all things are relative." And so they are, for he was speaking at the launch of the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, to which we are authorised, apparently, to give the handy little acronym "Llakes". This outfit says it "will conduct research into the role of education and skills in promoting competitiveness and social cohesion, and in mediating the interactions between these two domains", but may well do some useful work nonetheless.