Government’s “quantum leap” in transparency takes us in the wrong direction – Oh Boy
Alex Hern reports on the news that civil servants want to gut the FoI act.
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What was hiding behind the boat: Information commissioner is investigating Gove
Lisa Nandy writes about Michael Gove and his dodging the question over whether he’s working with the freedom of information act
For-profit universities have failed in the US, so why import them here?
Sally Hunt argues that the experience of the USA in its experiment with for-profit universities shows the danger of importing that model to the UK
Gove’s three priorities? Gove, Gove, Gove
Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern looks at education secretary Michael Gove’s speech to the Conservative party conference today.
As conference season approaches, economic reality begins to dawn for coalition
With party conference season around the corner, the reality that the economy may not grow as planned is beginning to dawn for the coalition parties.
Dawkins’s divine intervention challenges faith in his atheist integrity
Dan Smith looks at whether Richard Dawkins’s involvement in the New College of the Humanities private university is consistent with his atheist ideology.
Look Left – Johnson and Coulson quit as everyone forgets about Blair
Two resignations in the past two days rocked Westminster – with Labour and the Tories losing a key man – while Tony Blair reappeared before the Iraq Inquiry.
Questions for the government over special needs funding
Laurence Turner asks questions over the future of Special Educational Needs provision, and the government’s ability to offer a ‘full and equal share’ to all.
Pickles’s meddle and populism bill
Jessica Studdert, political adviser to the Labour group at the Local Govt Assoc, examines Eric Pickles’s meddling in the very localism he claims to champion.
Standards or structures?
Our guest writer is Kimberley Trewhitt, a Researcher at the Reform think tank The debate has long raged over “standards or structures” and which is the better option to reform the education system. The current Government has plans for both,test