Opinion: Angela Rayner’s Record on Education Is a Warning to the Left
Having a good backstory and performing well in the media only goes so far, argues Sol Gamsu. What matters in the end is politics.
Tag: education
‘We Are Not Lying Down’: The Teachers Leading France’s Strike Wave
The government's proposed pension reforms have triggered a wave of strikes across France. One group that will be particularly hurt by the reforms is teachers. Olly Haynes spoke to some of them about the impact of such changes.
GE2019: Exposing School Cuts Will Be the Key to Beating Boris Johnson
Despite four years of cuts to schools in Britain, the Tories continue to promise additional school funding. Primary school teacher and NUT member James McAsh argues that exposing school cuts is the key to unlocking the next general election.
Sex Education in the UK Must Be Transformed
With the government issuing new legislation to change sex education in schools, Natalie Fiennes argues that this new curriculum must be a radical one.
Abolish Eton With Holly Rigby and Aaron Bastani
As the scandal-ridden Prime Minister gets ready for his conference address, Michael and Aaron are joined by Holly Rigby to discuss how a Labour government might go about abolishing his old school.
Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row
With the row in Birmingham over LGBT sex education for primary school moving into its fourth month, Sita Balani argues that this conflict needs to be understood in the context of the Prevent duty in UK schools.
Why Are Teachers Taking Action Against SATs?
While bigots across the land are seething that primary pupils are taught the existence of LGBT people, the National Education Union is taking on the real menace in the classroom: SATs. James McAsh explains why.
RIP EuroShanly…
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin mourn the demise of the EuroShanly movement and discuss Sky News morphing into Fox News, SATs and Labour's education policy.
5 Reasons We Should Abolish Oxbridge
Every year, another educational access report prompts outrage at how over-represented private schools are at Oxford and Cambridge. But amidst these ritual furores, the existence of these elite universities is never called into question. Angus Satow lays out five reasons we should abolish Oxbridge altogether.
A ‘Neu’ Union?
On 15 November, members of the National Education Union teaching in state-funded schools and sixth form colleges launched a ballot on the issues of teacher pay and school funding. The hope is that this will be the first step towards nation-wide strike action.
Support the UCU Strike
Today was the first of fourteen days of strike action by the University and Colleges Union (UCU) over proposed 40% cuts to the USS pensions scheme. 61 campuses are taking part in the largest strike action in UK Higher education history. Callum Cant went to the picket lines to find out more.
4 Things to Remember About the Toby Young Scandal
Far from just being a creep who was somehow appointed to direct the new Office for Students, Toby Young has spent years shaping himself as an educationalist of sorts. Today he resigned - here are the takeaways from the slow-burn car crash.
6 Ways Monetisation Is Destroying Universities From the Inside Out
Universities run like businesses. Students treated like consumers. Here's how higher education in the UK is being changed for the worse.
4 Reasons the Tories Have Been Bad for Education
Education! Education! Education! Education! Teacher Danny Rees explains why a vote for the Tories is a vote against learning.
Enough is Enough: UCL Climate Activists Escalate Their Fight for Divestment
With over a quarter of UK universities having divested from fossil fuels, UCL activists vow to make their university finally go green.
HE Reforms Have Been Rocked, but the Student Movement Must Keep Pressure On
This week the House of Lords passed an amendment to the HE Reform Bill, uncoupling the link between the 'Teaching Excellence Framework' and fresh fee hikes. Yet it's no time for the student movement to rest on its laurels, argues Ana Oppenheim.
Open Letter: The Government’s Education Policies are Attacking BME and Migrant Students
The home secretary has pledged to reduce the number of non-EU international students enrolled at British universities from 300,000 to 170,000, representing a further attack on migrant and BME students.
Department for Education Emails Reveal a Crisis in Children’s Mental Health Policy
In May the mental health for schools champion was fired for criticising government policy, suggesting the Tories are more concerned with PR than children's mental wellbeing.