Tag Archives: Education
Tuition Fees D-Day: Final Thoughts
There will not be a single Coalition MP went into politics to triple tuition fees. Yet here we are. A depressing truth of wielding power is often-times the only responsible choices boil down to picking ‘the least worst thing’. I wont repeat in … Continue reading
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Gove’s Nightmare Week – A Lesson For The Coming Months
Michael Gove had, to put it mildly, an uncomfortable week. I can understand the frustration and rage that schools in Sandwell must have felt thinking their new build project had a green light to find out the next day they … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Politics, UK, UK Politics
New Schools Network/Centre Forum Conference
Yesterday I attended the New Schools Network/Centre Forum Conference at the Commonwealth Club in central London. There was cross-party representation looking at the big issues on school reform whoever wins the next election. There was also a sample of guests … Continue reading
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The Aptitude Myth: Why Reform are wrong with their 14-16 GCSE & Schools Thinking
I’m a guarded fan of the think tank ‘Reform’. They’re of a centre right-ish bent and their mission is to apply their philosophy to radical constructive reform of public services. In the main I consider myself ‘on their side’. Therefore, … Continue reading
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