Mark Chater
Director of Programmes and Education
Posts by Mark
Michael Gove backs a skills-based curriculum!
Thursday 30 June 2011Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, at the Sunday Times Festival of Education at Wellington College, in answer to a question about teaching climate change in the curriculum:
“Given the fact that we do not know what the future holds, we need to teach young people to cope with challenges [...]
My day discussing discrimination with school students and solicitors
Wednesday 9 February 2011I spent part of Tuesday 31 January in a school in central London, joining Santander and Ashurst’s fourth session at Maria Fidelis School. Santander is in their third year of taking part in the project, and Ashurst joined them this year. I sat with a volunteer lawyer in a class [...]
…Continue reading ' My day discussing discrimination with school students and solicitors 'Nick Clegg supports citizenship
Thursday 20 January 2011The Deputy Prime Minister, at a Demos-based meeting on Monday 17 January, answered a question on political and economic literacy in young people by saying that he recognised the importance of citizenship education in schools.
He said it could be inspiring and should be consistent across all schools.
Thank you for your support, Nick: How do you [...]