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Category: Politics
Free market & hope
The announcement of a new private university in the UK doesn’t come as much surprise.
Any government, especially a coalition, will shirk responsibility for its decisions when it can lest it be saddled with something that it can’t shift come coalition-meltdown and fresh elections.
The tired mantra of the free market is a trusty friend at such [...]
BBC News Headline Writing
According to the Beeb, ‘British citizenship tests: One in three immigrants fail’.
Well, actually, no. One in three immigrants WHO TOOK THE TEST failed. That is very different to saying 1 in 3 of ALL immigrants failed the test as the Beeb headline implies.
We’re not saying that’s intentional but an emotive subject such as [...]
Oxbridge Male & White Mafia
It has been revealed that two-thirds of the new UK cabinet went to Oxbridge.
As concerning is the fact that only 4 of the 23 are women. There is also only 1 from an ethnic minority. And how many of them went to private, fee-paying schools?
In the UK, social difference is something to be [...]
A Minister, not a Teacher
Interesting to note that Michael Gove will be the next Education Secretary in the UK.
A fine party member he may be but he most certainly didn’t go to a state school – although his bio conveniently said he did at one point – and isn’t a former teacher – he’s a journo – so what [...]
HE Comedy Review Returns
Pretend to listen and they shall not kick up a fuss:
http://hereview.independent.gov.uk/hereview/
What a joke!
Lord Browne-nose, how about explaining why students whose parents have paid taxes all their lives now face fronting up more cash so their kid can go to university? And how about explaining why kids with high grades should pay fees and loans [...]
Election 2010 Education wishlist
In “Ten education issues the new government should address“, former director of the Institute of Education (doesn’t say which one) Peter Mortimore tells us his wishlist for the next government.
We also have a wishlist for the new party of the moment:
1. Entrust control of Education to an independent body accountable only to the law [...]
New Labour Manifesto
NuLab’s manifesto mentions the E-word but ‘fairness-for-all’? Not if you’ve recently been to or thinking of going to university. Tuition fees, student loans, unemployment and unaffordable property prices. Thank you, Gordon. What a guy!
Tory Manifesto
The Tory manifesto…or is it Nu Lab in disguise? How can you tell?
UK Election Debate: Education Special
The UK election is soon upon us and despite the much fanfared election debates, there has actually been very little in the way of real, problem-solving, debating going on…
…and even less debating of education issues.
But does it matter?
What good will come of debating such issues on national TV?
Well, to address this and [...]
Oxbridge-speak
Fewer state pupils at Oxford – The Independent
Fewer state school pupils gain Oxford places even though more apply – The Times
Or, alternatively,…
Majority of ’state’ pupils at Oxford (still under-represented) will have gone to selective schools in middle-class areas and not to inner-city comprehensives – EducationState
Without mandatory quotas, Oxbridge colleges will do nothing – EducationState