Education

by Chris | 19 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments

Of pretty much all of the proposed ways to fund university education, I think that the NUS’ is actually the best. They propose a graduate …

by Chris | 4 Feb 2009 | No Comments

This year’s graduates (and next year’s too) are screwed. They’re chances of getting a job are smaller than ever before – and they’ll emerge from …

by Chris | 18 Jan 2009 | No Comments

Nick Clegg is certainly stating the obvious when he saysthat

After having already suffered under Gordon Brown’s failure to sort out our education system, this generation …

by Chris | 15 Jan 2009 | No Comments

Does dyslexia exist? Not according to Labour MP Graham Stringer:

Dyslexia is a cruel fiction, it is no more real than the 19th-century scientific construction of …

by Asp | 11 Jan 2009 | No Comments

(I know it’s not Saturday, but I’ve been out ‘saving lives’. It’s still weekend though, so that’s acceptable, I’m sure)
On Friday, I attended the first …

by Chris | 9 Dec 2008 | No Comments

If this isn’t dumbing down, I don’t know what is:
A major review of the curriculum for England’s primary schools suggests that six broad “areas of …

by Chris | 8 Oct 2008 | No Comments

Unions. What rubbish they spout:

Teachers should not be prosecuted for having affairs with their sixth formers, a union chief has said.
NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates …

by Chris | 7 Oct 2008 | No Comments

Andrew Adonis has been moved from his position as Schools Minister to the Department of Transport. This has been to the condemnation of both the …

by Chris | 2 Sep 2008 | No Comments

One third of graduates basically waste three years of their life and thousands of pounds. Now, about 30% of graduates end up in nongraduate jobs …

by Chris | 11 May 2008 | No Comments

Excessive testing hurts children. You don’t say.

A report on assessment by the all-party children, schools and families committee will condemn the way the results of …