Category Archives: Education

The Blair Government invested heavily in early years education and the Cameron Government began well by promising to retain childrens centres. That has become one more piece of this Governments hyperbole at best. The truth was that Blairs reforms did not go far enough and now the ground is being moved from under our childrens feet. No stone should be left unturned as we protect the future of our next generation.

A perfect storm?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by ianchisnall

The news in the last few days tells us that Prison Officer numbers are at a point of near crisis, with almost 2000 needed across the prison estate, yet 400 more left than joined the service in the last year. … Continue reading →

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A small but important gain

Posted on November 9, 2016 by ianchisnall

As the world of politics and political analysis wrings its hands over the American Presidential result a small but vital outcome from our undemocratic House of Lords was mostly ignored for understandable reasons. However this act by their Lordships was … Continue reading →

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The glass sewer is broken

Posted on November 5, 2016 by ianchisnall

The idea of a male dominated world having some of its more powerful or influential roles opened up to women is often referred to as a break or crack in the glass ceiling. Yesterday in Parliament which is very male … Continue reading →

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We need to promote good practice

Posted on October 31, 2016 by ianchisnall

As a result of the media excitement  following last weeks announcement on the third runway at Heathrow and potentially one less Conservative MP, publicity of an independent review into the construction labour market by Mark Farmer, CEO of a construction … Continue reading →

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We need a Government with integrity

Posted on October 30, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its time this Government took some of its own advice, particularly as doing so would save money which is in much shorter supply than it was, even when the advice was first given. In December 2012 the then Minister for … Continue reading →

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Buried announcement is good news

Posted on October 29, 2016 by ianchisnall

On Thursday Justine Greening made a short statement to the House of Commons on the subject Technical and Further Education. In total her speech consisted of five short paragraphs and the fourth paragraph was on a slightly different theme “The “Schools … Continue reading →

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Who should make these decisions?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ianchisnall

The loss of a range of A level subjects to our Schools as recently reported in several newspapers is a matter that will clearly be of great concern to students who are considering their options for what to study from … Continue reading →

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One visit will not change lives

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ianchisnall

The visit to Cardinal Newman School in Brighton this week, by Jeremy Hunt was very welcome, coming during mental health awareness week. The visit was used to highlight a partnership between the cities Clinical Commissioning Group, Brighton and Hove City Council … Continue reading →

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Lets prevent this risk taking

Posted on October 1, 2016 by ianchisnall

In a society where numerous laws are created to protect people from one another, it is perhaps not a surprise that there will be some people who see certain laws as restrictive and preventing us from finding new ways of … Continue reading →

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Time to think

Posted on September 12, 2016 by ianchisnall

There is a dichotomy in politics that many of us want politicians to be honest which arguably explains the success of Jeremy Corbyn, yet at the same time we want political leaders who have a clear sense of what they … Continue reading →

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