This is the question which will be posed by former Education Secretary Estelle Morris, now Baroness Morris of Yardley, when she gives one of the first lectures in a series organised by the Faculty of Education to examine the current relationship between Education and the State.
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This is the question which will be posed by former Education Secretary Estelle Morris, now Baroness Morris of Yardley, when she gives one of the first lectures in a series organised by the Faculty of Education to examine the current relationship between Education and the State.
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̽»¨Ö±²¥Faculty of Education first ran a seminal lecture series on this subject in 1984, when Education policy was approaching a period of significant political change.
Then, ‘Education and the State: ̽»¨Ö±²¥State of Education’ provided an opportunity to discuss the fallout of the change for the future of education provision. Twenty five years later, as we face another potential turning point in the history of Education and its relationship with the state, the Faculty has brought together key thinkers in the world of Education to provoke similar thougthful and informed discussion of key current issues.
̽»¨Ö±²¥lecture series, ‘Education & the State’ kicks off on Tuesday (March 2nd)Ìýwith a double bill. David Hargreaves, Fellow of Wolfson College poses the question ‘Is an educational transformation imminent and necessary?’, while Estelle Morris will ask the audience ‘Should we re-think the relationship between education and politics?
David Hargreaves has, until recently, been Associate Director for Development and Research for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), and has formerly been Chief Executive of the QCA , Chief Inspector of the Inner London Education Authority, and Chairman of BECTA .
Estelle Morris divided opinion when she resigned from her position as Secretary of State for Education in 2002 following controversy over A level marking and delays in vetting teachers. She’s reported to have said at the time that she had not been as good at being Secretary of State as she had been at her old job, - Schools Standards Minister. While some questioned her staying power, others applauded her candour and principles.
Other speakers in the lecture series are Anna Fazackerly, Head of Education Policy at the think tank, Policy Exchange; Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica; Assistant Secretary of the NUT, John Bangs; and Stephen Ball, Professor of the Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education.
All the lectures in the series start at 5.30pm in the Donald McIntyre Building at the Faculty of Education. They’re free, and open to all to attend. Podcasts will be made available online shortly after the event.Ìý More information can be found by following the link on the side bar.
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