Michael Gove: The Ambitious Educationalist
The latest in a string or educational and/or school reforms were floated by education minister Michael Gove’s this week. Essentially he thinks that the current school holiday needs a shake up to bring...
View ArticleShould 16-17 year olds get the vote?
At 16 years old the world is your oyster. Suddenly you’re free to get married, pay tax, have sex or gamble your EMA away in the national lottery. But it’s another two years down the line until you’re...
View ArticleThe disillusioned youth
Research published last week assessed the relationship between young people and politics. The results were promising, illustrating that the clichéd view of bored and apathetic young voters that...
View ArticleBeyond the EU: Student Immigration in the UK
In the past 4 years the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has observed a significant drop in non-EU student immigration to the UK. This is important for a number of reasons, firstly...
View ArticleThe Best laid plans of Michael Gove
In a statement to the House of Commons in April, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, foreshadowed planned ‘improvements in state education’1. Initially, the content of these ‘improvements’ was not...
View ArticleIs the World Cup beneficial to the young people of Brazil?
Millions of people have flocked to Brazil with what is said to be the largest World Cup event ranging across 12 cities. The world is now gripped with a month long fever of football, the cries and...
View ArticleThe Trojan horse effect: What role should religion play in British Schools?
The trustees at the center of the Trojan horse school controversy in Birmingham have resigned en masse in protest of the treatment of themselves and the school by the outgoing education secretary...
View ArticleIt’s time to act on child obesity
It may not surprise you that nearly one in three children in England are estimated to be obese or overweight, forecast to rise to two in three by 2050. The crisis is currently estimated to cost the NHS...
View ArticleDoes university work?
At the end of the 2013 academic year, there was 12 million graduates in the UK. In London alone, 6 out of every 10 people living in the capital were graduates. One of these 12 million graduates was...
View ArticleIs it the students who have the political power?
Middlesbrough Politics: What do students think of the Government? By Alex Walker Less than 100 days remain before the 2015 general election. On January 28th 2015 new figures were released from YouGov...
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