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Category Archives: Education
A significant number of STEM comments last week
Last week was the end of Parliament until September but interestingly there were several comments raised about STEM during that week. The first few were on Monday and they involved the following people. Robert Halfon is the Government Minister in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, STEM, Youth Issues
Tagged Andrew Jones, Chi Onwurah, Claire Coutinho, Nick Gibb, Penny Mordaunt, Robert Halfon
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Peter Bottomley speaks for fourth-class & failed degrees
On Monday 17th July there was a session organised by Gillian Keegan who is the Secretary of State for Education and is also the MP for Chichester entitled Higher Education Reform. One of the MPs who took part was Peter … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Gillian Keegan, Peter Bottomley
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Government spots FareShare provides support to schools
Last week a Labour MP, Stephen Morgan wrote a question which was “To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools offer breakfast clubs to their pupils as of 3 July 2023.” and the person who responded it was … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged FareShare, Nick Gibb, Stephen Morgan
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MPs raised several themes including wages for Teachers
During this week Parliament will close down for Summer so apart for the Government MPs who will continue to work in the Summer, the others will end this week. However, they are able to send contributions to the Government through … Continue reading
Two significant people who have worked in Sussex
I have had the privilege of meeting both Debra Humphris and Olivia Pinkney over a number of years. Olivia was the person I met when she was the deputy Chief Constable in Sussex Police and she was very significant in … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Policing
Tagged Debra Humphris, Olivia Pinkney
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Last week in Parliament Eastbourne focused on a Petition
Today I am waiting to observe how our local MPs will participate in some of the sessions taking place in Parliament. I am also interested to reflect on one of the discussions that took place last week. The first session … Continue reading
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Debate
Last Wednesday, a debate took place in the Westminster Hall which related to 3 of the petitions that many of people have endorsed. They are e-petition 607849 – Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff; which was completed in … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Geraint Davies, Sally-Ann Hart
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Special educational needs, disabilities and provision
At the beginning of last week a topical questions education session took place in Parliament on Monday and a range of MPs asked questions and they were responded by the Ministers in the Department of Education. Fascinatingly for Sussex people … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Education, Youth Issues
Tagged Claire Coutinho, Henry Smith
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Faith Schools: Regional Planning and Development
Last Friday in the Parliamentary system the Conservative MP for Rother Valley, Alexander Stafford wrote out five questions which he sent over to the Department for Education. The person who responded to all of these five questions was Nick Gibb … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alexander Stafford, Nick Gibb
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