Academy schools and the first 100 days of Cameron’s Majority Conservative Government
November 18, 2015
by Jodie Pennacchia The University of Nottingham conference What’s New About ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’? The First 100 Days of Cameron’s Majority Conservative Government was a thought-provoking start to the new academic year. For those of us with an interest in education policy it provided an opportunity to explore what is unfolding and what we might expect …
Fairness and Inequality
October 23, 2015
by: Mark Jago We all want a fair society. But fairness is an inherently contested concept. What one person deems fair is sure to be seen as unfair to others. The high-earner may find it unfair that her income is reduced through top-rate taxation; the willing but unemployed worker finds it unfair that the system …
#100DAYSCONF AT A GLANCE
October 7, 2015
By Rupal Patel & Elena Genova The International Centre for Public and Social Policy organised a conference on the 4th of September at the University of Nottingham entitled ‘What’s New About ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’? The First 100 Days of Cameron’s Majority Conservative Government’. Dr Simon Roberts’ welcome stressed the fact that ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s …
