Toby Young’s decision to resign as a non-executive director of the embryonic quango Office for Students is to be welcomed. As is his “unreserved apology” for his past comments that made his appointment untenable. Even though his unreserved apology is somewhat reserved. His statement suggests that he doesn’t actually get what the furore is about. […]
Category: Education
“At this school, your daughter won’t be sexually harassed”
The Michaela Community School is a free school in north London. It is an elite school; but one whose marketing material speaks more of demerits and detention that merits and praise. It recently hit the headlines after it sent a letter home to a parent explaining that their child was being kept in isolation at lunchtime – with […]
More news from the Church in Wales Governing Body
University Chaplains Education chaplaincy was something “very worth while”, the Bishop of St Asaph, the Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, told the GB, as he moved a motion that urged “ways of supporting, developing, and enhancing chaplaincy provision to institutions of tertiary, further, and higher education”. The GB heard presentations from a number of education chaplains. More: […]