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Category Archives: Education
Who will educate our Ministers about what #happenedinthepast
An article about housing plans written by Christopher Pincher, the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government was published yesterday on the Conservative Home website. He is attempting to explain the way in which local Councils need to … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Environment, Housing, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Catriona Riddell, Christopher Pincher, SEERA
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Students are facing a tough next step, and so are all our MPs!
Today is the beginning of a significant period for many of us. Inevitably on a bank holiday people who work for agencies such as the Police, NHS including the Ambulance Service and the Fire and Rescue carry on as if … Continue reading
Can the Government focus on the most important issues!
The U turn that the Government has made in the last few hours regards allowing Schools to determine if mask wearing can take place on their premises. This is very good but it has come far too late and makes … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Brine
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MPs be careful when you claim to understand the public!
Steve Brine is the Conservative MP for Winchester where he has been their MP since 2010. Prior to that he did spend some time as a journalist so his ability to listen to the public should be relatively competent. His … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Education, Journalism, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged BBC Sussex, Kevin Courtney, Stephen Brine
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Let us revise our examination aspect of education
Yesterday I wrote about Friday’s Any Questions? programme on Radio 4 that was clearly focused on education issues. Sadly the contributions were limited to two political parties (Labour and Conservative). They involved a current Minister from each party and then … Continue reading
Why did Radio 4 involve Toby Young in Any Questions?
It is often hard to understand how Radio 4 puts together its group of speakers for the Any Questions? programmes. To be fair I have written about this before on several occasions such as here. However last night they involved … Continue reading
Today’s A level students and teachers are to be celebrated
It is very hard to avoid the challenge that our current educational situation is facing. However whatever the results the students and the teachers and administrative staff all deserve to be thanked for their hard work and their patience in … Continue reading
We need a more flexible strategy to increase apprenticeships
The summer closure of Parliament does not stop MPs from asking questions and the Government responding to them. What is so tragic is that far too often the same or similar questions get asked and almost identical answers get made … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Apprenticeship Levy, Apprenticeships, Gillian Keegan, Karin Smyth
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Please help small businesses to take on Apprentices
On Friday an MP raised a question with the Minister responsible for setting out the apprenticeship scheme. His question was about how many apprenticeships had taken place within their department. The current Minister has been in place for a year … Continue reading
Public Contracts for Smaller SME Businesses are clearly needed
On Thursday the MP for Crawley, Henry Smith asked a vital question about businesses and although it related to a very specific case which he then referred to in his subsequent question, it is clear to those of us who … Continue reading
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