Forum Education Journal

I’ve written a number of articles for the Forum Journal.

http://www.wwwords.co.uk/forum

These are available here:

Let’s Not Reinvent the Vocational Route: a comment on Labour’s proposals for 16 plus

Forum Vol 60 No 2 2018

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Labour’s Pedagogic Project and the Crisis in the Party Forum Vol 60 No 1 2018

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As the EBacc beds down, pressure grows for vocational alternatives Forum Vol 58 No 2 2016

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Mr Cameron’s Three Million Apprenticeships Forum Vol 57 No 3 2015

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Rather Than ‘Two Nation’ Labour, a Good General Education for Everybody Forum Vol 57 No 1 2015

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‘Raising standards’ or reducing expectations still further? Michael Gove and Examination Reform Forum Vol 55 No 3 2013

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Education’s ‘Credibility Crunch’ Forum Vol 52 No 3 2010

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Learning For Labour: specialist diplomas and 14-19 education Forum Vol 49 No 3 2007

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T-Levels limp on

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‘Apprenticeship Week’ but not too much to celebrate?

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What future for ‘home education’?

As the chart shows, recent years have seen an increase in the number of children being educated outside of the school system – 48,000 In 2016-17, up from about 34,000 in 2014-15. Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 provides that: “The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive […]

Common’s Chair calls for abolition of GCSE

Calling for GCSEs to be scrapped is not new – that this time it comes from the Conservative Chair of the Commons education select committee is. Robert Halfon a Tory ‘moderniser’ who also supports a Norway style Brexit arrangement, is following in the footsteps of a long line of business leaders, think –tank directors and […]

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