Education has always been a key issue for Labour because it is the foundation of social mobility, yet there still exists a huge division between state and private schools, one of the ways to break through this dividing line is to remove the compulsory charitable status from private schools. Though education, particularly when dealing with [...]
Having been educated for almost all of my life so far, with a little way still to go, Education is and always has been the cornerstone of my life. I find the debate too focused on teachers and parents as if it were a manufacturing industry where the teachers toil tirelessly on the production line [...]
48 hours before the pupils and 24 hours before the teachers, Luc Chantal returned from his summer holidays. The Education Secretary of France then rapidly sent out his proposals of what will change this year. Despite the economic crisis and the flu epidemic, the minister claimed he was confident that everyone will be able to [...]
An elderly ‘loyal reader’ asked me to write a positive story, so consider the request met: (Surely my other posts were positive? Righting wrongs, fighting injustices and so on…) As I headed into the library to crack on with my essay “¿Cuáles fueron los logros y errores fundamentales del gobierno republicano-socialista durante el ‘Bienio Reformista’ [...]
The University of Bath ranks very highly as a “good place to be” in comparison to other Universities, according to results from the Summer 2008 International Student Barometer (ISB) survey. The survey has concluded that 88 per cent of international students are satisfied with their experience of living, learning and support at Bath. Taking place [...]
LITTLE ENRAGES me more than disrespect for the vocation of others. I was deeply offended last week by a gentleman who engaged me in casual conversation. “What subject do you do?” he said. “French and Spanish” I replied. Out of mutual politeness, I asked him the same question. “Chemical Engineering” he said. This, naturally, did [...]
Some debates will never end. These can be divided into three simple categories: moral, cyclical and seasonal. The moral debates will never end because they have no answer, and the “winner” is always the speaker with either the stronger charisma or the better strategy; tiebreaker skills, effectively. Cyclical debates are perhaps the least important, but [...]
