Fair Access to Higher Education
Higher education in Europe is going through the biggest changes since the Renaissance. With the UK’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat…
Education
The biggest critics of bad teaching are good teachers
When I think of what inspired me at school, it was the faith that my most determined teachers…
Downhills Primary – important questions on Gove’s education agenda
This week in Parliament David Lammy MP will challenge Education Ministers’ plans to force a primary school in…
Labour must avoid Gove’s trap
Michael Gove’s childish nonsense in calling his critics “Ideologues happy with failure” has forced me back into the…
Is it time for affirmative action in our universities?
According to the Sutton Trust high-attaining comprehensive school students are significantly less likely to attend any of Britain’s…
“Angry? We are.”
So begins ‘AboutUs’ page on Cambridge Defend Education’s website, their rhetorical question perfectly illustrating what little interest they…
What happens inside the classroom matters most
Last week Jim Sweetman penned a piece for this website which set out an important challenge for Labour,…
Can Twigg light some fires?
Although he is not universally popular with party members and has already said some inappropriate things about free…
Yes to the reshuffle, no to free schools – State of the Party, October 2011
The results from the latest “State of the Party” survey are in – and they won’t make good…
