Eton has a practice known as “oiling”, which as Anthony Seldon has approvingly noted “is learning how to win friends and influence others, and how to clamber over them to get what you want. It’s a mixture of ambition, self-confidence and bloody-mindedness.”
People eat what their parents eat. First of all because children have to eat what they are given by their parents. But also because children pick up habits when they are young which can last a lifetime.
There has always been one asset the Conservative party has had over Labour since Margaret Thatcher’s election in 1979, and that is the sheer ruthlessness of their convictions.
The Department for Education (DfE) has been accused of seeking to transfer a school site worth £10 million pounds to the private sector without compensating local authorities.
This afternoon saw a reaffirmation of coalition vows from the Conservatives and Lib Dems, along with a host of statements of values, all outlined in their ‘mid-term report’. Inevitably, Labour has retorted with a document of their own outlining thetest
After an eventful few weeks for devolution, Ed Jacobs looks at what the future of the UK may well be.
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg today attacked Michael Gove as “extreme and out of touch” in his “One Nation education” Labour conference speech today.
Wales Education Minister has dropped a heavy hint that Wales could establish its own examination system in the wake of the GCSE marking fiasco. Speaking just days after he ordered the Welsh based exam board, WJEC to remark all Englishtest
Will Michael Gove take on the overwhelming advice and opinion from the experts and renege on his unpopular plans to reform?
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
