| Grammar schools and social mobility: a Northern Ireland contribution to the debate - Mon, 21 May 2012 11:20:02 +0000 |
| Here’s something that won’t make relations between the Education and Finance ministers any easier.. An approving poll for a UK wide campaign to revive grammar schools has received a gushing review from Independent columnist Mary Anne Sieghart. It’s pegged to the general angst about stalled – even reversed – social mobility which all UK political [...] |
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| Belfast Black Taxi Tour–political insight or Troubles tourism? - Mon, 21 May 2012 10:05:46 +0000 |
| A black taxi tour of Belfast? Chris Jenkins raised questions about the morality of troubles tourism in a recent Guardian Unlimited article. Matthew Symington followed up with an extended interview on Eamonnmallie.com in which Chris again challenged the trend of “money being made from human tragedy” and the DUP’s switch from opposing a “shrine” at [...] |
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| Education Minister refuses to provide colleagues with a breakdown of £2 Billion of funding for schools… - Mon, 21 May 2012 09:36:37 +0000 |
| So there’s been a little addendum to the sudden, and last minute, reappearance of £72 million in funding in the Department of Education just before the minister was expected to explain his spending patterns to the Finance Minister. It seems the Finance Minister is not best pleased [Ahem, well we did suggest he mightn't be [...] |
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