What on Earth is Happening to the Schools Bill?
A Prime Minister resigns, three Education Secretaries within thirty-six hours, their Noble Lords are in revolt and the Department for Education tries to pretend there is nothing wrong with Parts 3 & …
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Understanding the Past Helps us to Address the Present
Whilst thankful for support during the Schools Bill Second Reading debate, it is the critical comments which need engaging with What’s been said? This Byte opens with brief reflections on the Second …
“All These Things Conflate”
What’s been said? The publication of the Timpson Review and the Government’s response to it was announced in the Commons on 7 May by Education Secretary Damian Hinds. The review was commissioned …
Resources to Help Combat Propaganda
What’s been said? Below we highlight three recent items which have mentioned HE, two of them positive, the other ambivalent. “Should I Homeschool My Child Whilst Living Abroad?” on Expatriate Healthcare’s website …
Questions, questions, questions
What’s been said? Written questions are a feature of parliamentary life in both Commons and Lords. They “allow Members of Parliament to ask government ministers for information on the work, policy and …