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Tag Archives: Education
A set of late New Year resolutions
This year I have not yet heard a single person referring to their New Years resolutions, which may simply be that the people I know or who I have met are not inclined to set them for once or to … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Drones, Education, Forced Marriages, Homelessness
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Parliamentary training should work both ways
According to this page of the Parliamentary website, teachers and lecturers who are training and educating students in matters that relate to politics have a fantastic range of resources open to them. There is a outreach team of Parliamentary Educators … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged Education
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An out of touch Government troublemaker
When someone appointed by the Government then goes on to make some ridiculous and out of touch comments – in this case about education, it is hard to know what will have an impact and persuade him or her to … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Academies, Education, ExCel, Sir Andrew Carter
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More exams will not reduce anxiety Nick
Over the last few days, national newspapers have reported on comments made by a Sussex MP and Government Minister in front of a group of MPs on Thursday. The MP in question is Nick Gibb who is MP for Bognor … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Education, Nick Gibb
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Shortfall in teacher numbers hits 30,000
Anyone involved in education or industry will not have been shocked by this report in Sundays Observer, the headline is above. It is not simply a matter of numbers, but it is also a reflection of the types of teachers … Continue reading
A lack of necessary data?
A few days ago in Parliament Chris Ruane MP asked a question which elicited an interesting response from the Minister for Schools, Nick Gibb. The question was “To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been taught music … Continue reading
The need for careful analysis
Its easy to read speeches as one piece of text with an overall message and miss some of the finer details. This would be a mistake in the case of the Queens speech. As I wrote yesterday every word was … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Education, Queens Speech, Schools, Skills
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A deeply disturbing perspective
The news today that under the leadership of Theresa May, the Home Office offered a written proposal, tabled by Mrs May in Cabinet that the children of illegal immigrants should be moved to the worst performing schools in a given … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Education, Failing Schools, Immigration, Theresa May
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Adolescence in Government
Almost a year since the General Election that gave jobs to men and women most of whom had already been Ministers for 5 years it is disturbing to watch how so much of their decision making and posturing is adolescent in nature. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amber Rudd, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Easter, Education, Environment, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Nicky Morgan
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We must stand together
The decision by George Osborne and Nicky Morgan to require all Schools to become academies by 2022 is deeply flawed and anti-democratic and like many others I believe should be firmly resisted. However whatever happens politically by 2022, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged 11 Plus, Education, General Election 2015, George Osborne, Nicky Morgan
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