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Category Archives: Education
Public sector workers getting strangely mixed messages
Last Friday in Parliament this question and answer (only the first few lines are shown here, the rest of the answer can be seen on this website) took place and on the face of things, there is no reason for … Continue reading
Three matters all Sussex Tory MPs need to address!
The uncertainty of Brexit and lack of support for Theresa May means that the Government is currently in a weak and unstable position. However for the moment we are led by a Conservative Government and so Conservative MPs are in … Continue reading
OFSTED is failing but Parliament leads the way!
At the end of last week the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee published a report on their concerns about the failings of OFSTED or the OFfice for STandards in EDucation. The Chair of the PAC, Meg Hillier stated: “Cuts to Ofsted’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Meg Hillier, Ofsted, Parliament
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Happy New Year
This week is the beginning of the academic year for most schools and shortly Universities will start their year with Freshers weeks. Although the numbers of students across the whole age spectrum is only modest, the impact on most of … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy, STEM
Tagged Chris Grayling, IOBY, NIMBY
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Damian and Theodore need to stop patronising
The delayed publication on Friday 20th July 2018 at the end of the School year of a ‘workload reduction toolkit’ for Schools has now been followed by the publication of a ‘cost cutting toolkit’ on Friday 31st August at the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Damian Hinds, Michael Gove, Theodore Agnew
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Strong educational needs in the USA
According to a recent report from the USA, the American Educational Secretary, Betsy DeVos is considering making a significant investment into Schools should ideally come as welcome news. Although this information is not up to date, one imagines it still … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Community Safety, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Syria, Yemen
Tagged Betsy DeVos, Guns, Schools
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Education, Education, Education
We are in the middle of a series of events taking place in our communities that acknowledge the impact of education on mostly young people. Last Thursday saw the A Level results and this Thursday there will be the GCSE … Continue reading
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Remove Tebbit from the Lords & remind Fraser about wider Church History
The daily promotions of the Telegraph newspaper on facebook rarely catch my eye, beyond the noisy nonsense from Boris Johnson. However in the last few days a couple of columns did and so I used my weekly free access to … Continue reading
Is part of our society in a state of grief?
Some newspapers treat some of their columnists as jewels in the crown of their paper. Others are grateful to have people write pieces for them every week. A classic example of the jewel in the crown case is this chap … Continue reading
A hollow sounding Industrial Strategy
On Tuesday two events took place in the House of Commons that displayed how incoherent the Government is over one of its high profile ‘solutions’ to the needs of businesses for trained individuals that the Government has claimed is needed. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Parliament and Democracy, STEM
Tagged Anne Milton, Claire Perry MP, Julian Sturdy, Michelle Donelan, STEM, T-Levels
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