In my Mother’s generation, learning to cook was the main output of a girls education (although my Mother even went as far to learn how to teach Home Economics!). In this generation, Food Technology (as it is now known) is considered a bit of a coasting lesson, fills in the time, and sometimes (if you [...]
Just over 40 years ago, 14,000 British children, aged 11, were asked to write a 30-minute essay on were they aimed to be as a grown up. Now in their early 50’s, these people have been asked to review and comment upon their essay, and how closely they have managed to follow their plan for [...]
In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Shadow Children’s Secretary, Michael Gove, confirmed that the Tories are in talks with foreign educational groups, and said that should the Conservatives win the next election, they intend to set up similarly run state schools in England.
At present, our school system is very much focused on the [...]
Once up on a time, to cheat in a school exam would mean peering closely over your friend’s shoulder to see what they were writing, and hoping Mr. Smith wouldn’t notice.
In this day and age, a small device in your pocket, or even your ear, can provide you with all of the answers, with none [...]
Recent reports suggest that more and more of England’s poorest youngsters are now going to university. This is good news but in stark contrast the entrants from wealthy backgrounds are three times more likely to win a place. The numbers are up by 30% of those from poor area going to university [...]
In a storm hitting politics about education as the results of GCSE and A-Level League tables are published – Liberal Democrats have claimed that Labour has neglected hundreds of thousands of students in towns across England whilst ploughing money into schools in inner cities. The table show that state schools in the inner city [...]
A reaction from the government’s cut back in 2004 of a modern language as a compulsory subject for all secondary school pupils at GCSE is just hitting home with universities are now feeling the effects of this.