This morning, I visited the Durand Academy with my researcher Tim, meeting the inspiring director, Greg Martin. Their philosophy is simple: At Durand we believe that where you send your child to school will be one of the most important decisions you ever make. Our commitment to you is that […]
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Tuition fees rise ‘vital for future’ says Wycombe MP Steve Baker
RAISING tuition fees is “a vital part of building a better future”, Wycombe MP Steve Baker has told students, ahead of Thursday’s vote in the House of Commons. Buckinghamshire’s MPs, all Conservative, look set to back the Government’s controversial policy on higher education. via Tuition fees rise ‘vital for future’ […]
Read MoreA university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning – Disraeli
Reaction to the Government’s higher education reforms really got under the skin of my researcher, Tim Hewish, who launched into a passionate defence of the Government’s direction of travel. I asked him to write this post… — Steve Much has been said about the Browne Report on Higher Education and […]
Read MoreEducation: a revolutionary act
In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act. — George Orwell
Read MoreThis Sceptred Isle – pupils will now learn the history of the United Kingdom
N.B. The author is Tim Hewish – my Parliamentary Researcher. As a Historian, I welcome the Education Secretary’s announcement at conference today that History, as a discipline, will be at the core of the curriculum. For too long, Labour had been allowed to reduce the significance of our history, preferring to re-write […]
Read MoreA privilege to serve
N.B. The author is Tim Hewish – my Parliamentary Researcher. Against the media backdrop of the Chancellor’s announcement to rein in benefit expenditure, there is one important policy pledge that should be granted more air time: – subsidised university education for the children of soldiers, sailors and airmen killed on active […]
Read MoreHow to create schools and alienate people
N.B. The author is Tim Hewish – my Parliamentary Researcher – who is somewhat riled by opposition to the Government’s education reforms — Steve Baker. The largest powder keg in the Hundred Years’ War known as class warfare is surely Education. Toby Young, writer and now somehow alienator of the people of […]
Read MoreTelegraph: “Middle class to lose its grip on best state schools”
I’m sure this will attract a mixed reaction: The Coalition is planning to allow hundreds of secondary schools to control their own entry policies and Michael Gove warmly praised the system, which allocates places according to academic ability and reserves many places for children with the weakest performance. “Fair-banding” admissions […]
Read More21st Century Welfare – DWP
Via 21st Century Welfare, the Coalition seeks views on proposals for welfare reform. Since I gave time to work for the Centre for Social Justice, these reforms are close to my heart: we must take people out of the present intergenerational cycles of broad spectrum poverty. Iain Duncan Smith’s statement in […]
Read More‘A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops’ – Henry Adams
NB: The author is Tim Hewish, who I am glad to welcome as a local contributor. — Steve Buckinghamshire is blessed with having Grammar schools and is complimented by a large number of successful State schools; however not all parts of the country are so privileged. I was fortunate enough […]
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