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Roy Hattersley, the Labour Party’s new education spokesman
Interviewed by Peter WilbyIf one wanted a convenient and unoriginal label to describe Mr Roy Hattersley, Labour's new education spokesman, one could classify him as a whizz‐kid. He is young (just 40)…
New men at the top
John StoddartThe educational debates of the last decade, from Robbins through Weaver to James, all touch on issues of institutional autonomy and academic self‐government. With the…
Action research
Maureen O'ConnorThe teaching profession is traditionally highly suspicious of research. The dogma has it that not only do the researchers have no real grasp of what it is like to face 30…
Courses for survival (1)
David Brancher‘A great many people are in favour of Conservation, no matter what it means’, said William Taft, the United. States President, in 1910. Not only might we say much the same today…
Courses for survival (2)
Jeremy Bugler‘In the schools, you have to go a long way to find something really lively in environmental studies,’ says Colin Ward. He should know. He is the education officer of the Town and…
The happiest days?
Christopher PriceLeeds Grammar School was founded, like most of its predecessors, with such pickings as were left from Henry VIII's monastic takeover; we used to write in the grime of the windows…
The square pegs
Krystyna Weinstein‘Eight per cent of students still unemployed six months after graduating.’
The way we do things here
Hugh MarlowOne of the most depressing features of the business and educational world is the continuing division between the educationist, the instructor and the business executive. This…
In the melting pot
Jill CoatesOne of the problems the cast metals industry faces is its public image based on a misconceived idea that all jobs in the industry are dirty, requiring strong muscles and no brains.
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