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Sunday thoughts: Warm words, hard policies, pension wrangling
Much love at the language that has been used by the new Secretary of State and her team in speeches, letters and receptions this week.
Jul 14, 2024
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Sunday thoughts: New Ministers, DfE job roles, MPs educational backgrounds, and the Festival of Education
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the biggest news is the election.
Jul 7, 2024
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Sunday thoughts: New Ministers, DfE job roles, MPs educational backgrounds, and the Festival of Education
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June 2024
Sunday thoughts: University world rankings, tuition fees, and education politics during the election
This week, the QS World University rankings – along with the Times Higher Education rankings, one of the two “gold standard” league tables – put…
Jun 9, 2024
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Sunday thoughts: University world rankings, tuition fees, and education politics during the election
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May 2024
Sunday thoughts: The school system of the future?
I spoke at a small event this weekend on the topic of “the school system of the future”.
May 12, 2024
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Sunday thoughts: The school system of the future?
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December 2023
Sunday thoughts: Is is time for a party and some end of year awards?
You might be reading this while all bejeweled, ready to walk in the room and make the whole place shimmer.
Dec 31, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: How should Martyn Oliver take Ofsted forward after Ruth Perry?
I turn even more reluctantly this week to the case of Ruth Perry than I did when I last wrote about it in the Spring.
Dec 10, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: How should Martyn Oliver take Ofsted forward after Ruth Perry?
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(Tuesday) thoughts: Two and a half cheers for England in PISA?
If one spends much time in UK education policy discourse, you hear a number of things stated as fact.
Dec 5, 2023
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(Tuesday) thoughts: Two and a half cheers for England in PISA?
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November 2023
Sunday thoughts: Will the education system miss Nick Gibb?
I have two distinct memories in politics of things that approach a rockstar moment – a time and place where fame comes into reach; akin to when a normal…
Nov 19, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: Will the education system miss Nick Gibb?
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(Monday) thoughts: Why I am pleased that David Cameron is back in government
I am pleased David Cameron is back in government.
Nov 13, 2023
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(Monday) thoughts: Why I am pleased that David Cameron is back in government
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Sunday thoughts: Can the UK's announcement on maths and science scholarships shift the dial on how we nurture global talent?
This week’s AI summit seems to have been something of a success for the PM.
Nov 5, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: Can the UK's announcement on maths and science scholarships shift the dial on how we nurture global talent?
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October 2023
Sunday thoughts: How does anything get done in education in Whitehall, and what does that mean for an incoming government?
This week, Whatsapp messages emerged in the Covid inquiry showing the way in which the Cabinet Secretary – the most senior of civil servants – dismissed…
Oct 22, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: How does anything get done in education in Whitehall, and what does that mean for an incoming government?
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Sunday thoughts: Where do the party conferences leave education policy, one year out from the election?
Party conferences are finished (if you ignore the SNP).
Oct 15, 2023
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Sunday thoughts: Where do the party conferences leave education policy, one year out from the election?
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