Archive for May, 2010
Another one bites the dust
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 28/05/2010
Just how many punches constitute one punch too many, asks Annaliese Briggs?
Is this the right climate for change?
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 26/05/2010
A new climate change initiative is the cause of the latest rift in EU politics, writes Natalie Hamill. An EU Commission proposal that the target for the reduction of EU-wide carbon emissions should be increased from 20% to 30% (from 1990 levels) has been met with indignation by Germany, France and big business lobby groups, but is being trumpeted as “the right move at the right time” by the EU Commission and green groups.
Academies must reveal all – and now – to prove success
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 25/05/2010
2000 more Academies are to be opened, the coalition government has announced. It’s now even more important to ensure that they’re genuinely effective – and bringing them immediately under FOI is imperative to doing so.
Degrees of value
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 24/05/2010
A short article in the Telegraph last week was of a gravity unmatched by its modest coverage, writes Zenobe Reade. It told of Oxford University’s plans to create a fund to pay the tuition fees of graduates who go on to careers such as teaching and social work. Graduates would apply to have their fees paid by the fund, made up of donations by alumni.
Freedom. Fairness. Responsibility. And the NHS.
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 20/05/2010
Freedom. Fairness. Responsibility. The sounding words of the coalition document, released today. But do these words (most particularly the last one) not, then, require at least a mention in the section on the NHS of the scale of the productivity challenge facing the health service… and perhaps a few ideas of what to do about it?
Musical chairs
Posted by Anastasia de Waal in Education on 14/05/2010
Most of us mere mortals were sound asleep when the slightly sordid ménage a trois of sorts we were presented with on Friday quickly transformed into a happy, blossoming marriage between two men who appear to have been separated at birth.