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By Susan Nash / @susan_nash Yesterday the Office of National Statistics published its latest edition of Social Trends. Not a regular read of mine but as I delved into the tables and graphs I focused in on the stats on crime. Good news…
By Tom Copley At their annual conference, which draws to a close today, the NUT debated motions calling for faith schools to be phased out and Christian assemblies to be scrapped. Although the result of the vote on this motion has not yet…
By Tom Ogg As a teacher in north London for students who have been expelled from school, I'm pretty clear that few of my students really want to do more schooling after they finish their GCSEs. Modern apprenticeships are a much more…
By Johnny Innes Universities and colleges are a great place for social interaction. The traditional, albeit stereotypical, image of a student is the lefty/liberal type who begins to engage with politics. Whilst I can take comfort in the…
By Mike Ion Since comprehensive education was introduced, barriers to achievement for many young people have been removed. The annual government statistics of school attainment, examination results, and participation in further and higher…
By Conor Ryan The Liberal Democrats apparently spent a decade working out their education reforms, published today. But the result is a series of proposals that could lessen chances for poorer pupils, rather than increase them. They have…
By Mary Honeyball Europe's demographic crisis was highlighted in a report on carers in the informal economy passed by the European Parliament yesterday. Europe's population is falling, a fact which could prove detrimental to our economy and…
By Stella Creasy Much as we wish otherwise, the pace of social change can be agonising slow. Consequently in the daily free for all of contemporary politics, it can be hard to talk about how different Britain is since 1997 without sounding…
By Sarah Mulholland It's no secret that one of the most controversial decisions the Labour Government has made since coming to power nearly twelve years ago was the reform of higher education funding and the introduction of "top up fees"…
