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Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and ex-Lib Dems leader Vince Cable will both take part in live in-person events as part of Cambridge Literary Festival's 2021 summer programme.
A MUM from Whitehaven has joined an illustrious and select group including footballer Marcus Rashford and Malala Yousafzai by winning a prestigious Fred and Ann Jarvis award. Julie Rayson, now deputy mayor of Whitehaven was a parent at the troubled school when she and others formed Whitehaven Academy Action Group in 2016. She was nominated by NEU’s Cumbria District. The award recognises the central role you played in the campaign to expose and challenge Bright Tribe Trust’s management of the Whitehaven Academy. The campaign also drew attention to wider issues in the trust’s management and in so doing exposed some of the worst excesses of academisation .
First among equals â Oxbridge-destined students need support, but not at the expense of others
COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need for a more responsive education system that takes account of every studentâs needs â not just those among the academic eliteâ¦
I can still vividly remember Michael Goveâs first speech to the House of Commons as Secretary of State for Education in 2010. A blast of oratory in which he charged the outgoing New Labour government of failing poor children with talent.
During Labourâs 13 years in office, Gove thundered, on average only 45 children on free school meals had won a place at Oxford or Cambridge â a âshameful recordâ.
Mel Giedroyc is taking part in the Cambridge Literary Festival.
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An innovative literary festival has announced its lockdown line-up for its spring return next month.
A year ago, Cambridge Literary Festival had to close its doors to live events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last April it delivered a scaled down online alternative,
The Listening Festival, and in November a full-scale virtual event.
With a new CLF website and two festivals delivered, organisers are ready to do it again from April 21 to April 25, with the line-up featuring award-winning authors, politicians and well-known TV personalities.
Douglas Stuart s debut novel Shuggie Bain was awarded the 2020 Brooker Prize.