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Stephen Twigg

Type: Person

Name: Stephen Twigg

Title: Minister of State, School Standards - Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

David Laws

Michael Gove's promise to fast-track soldiers into teaching still not launched THREE YEARS on

The Education Secretary promised a programme to bring the experience of former army, navy and Air Force personnel to classroomsEx-Armed Forces personnel are being failed by Michael Gove after his own department confessed his "Troops to Teachers" scheme ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Gove, Teaching, David Laws, Education

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 reports

Labour pledges to improve further education

Labour has pledged to improve teaching standards in further education (FE) colleges in a bid to improve numeracy and literacy, according to a report by advisers to the opposition.Further education teachers should have A* to C grades in English and Maths ... [Published Public Sector - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Education, Teaching, Stephen Twigg, Chuka Umunna, GCSE

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Gove: Scrapping the EBacc shows that Labour does not care about raising standards

Michael Gove writes to Labour's Stephen Twigg and Tristram Hunt, claiming that if it is true they wish to scrap the EBacc, it 'demonstrates that Labour does not care about raising standards'. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 20 2013]

Entities: Michael Gove, Tristram Hunt, Stephen Twigg

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Labour calls for compulsory work experience to be brought back for all teenagers

LLabour wants to make work experience compulsory again for all children in secondary school. The Telegraph reports that Labour wants to get teenagers ready for employment by making all pupils undertake work placements for at least two week before they ... [Published ParentDish - May 20 2013]

Entities: Education, Stephen Twigg

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Gove

Stephen Twigg: David Cameron and Michael Gove need to change course. They are damaging school standards by undermining teachers

Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says David Cameron and Michael Gove are damaging school standards by undermining teachers and should 'change course'. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 19 2013]

Entities: Stephen Twigg, Michael Gove, David Cameron

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

National Union of Teachers

1,000 pupils and rising – primary schools go supersize

Number of primary schools with more than 1,000 pupils has risen by 60% in past three year The number of supersize primary schools – some of which have more than 1,000 pupils – has soared by 60% in three years, triggering a fierce debate among educationists ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Education, Stephen Twigg, National Union of Teachers

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fast-track plan for quality social workers

The new 'Frontline' fast-track training scheme for social workers will bring quality graduates into the profession and improve standards, the government has claimed.Funding for a pilot for 100 trainees in September next year was announced by the Education ... [Published Public Service - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Michael Gove, Peter Connelly, Social Work

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

£86m black hole in school repairs

A BLACK hole in funds for school repairs in Warrington has escalated to £86 million, according to new figures.Statistics released via a Freedom of Information request by the Warrington Guardian reveals that Warrington Borough Council is facing a significant ... [Published Congleton Guardian - May 16 2013]

Entities: John Rimmer, Bridgewater High School, Black Hole

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Childcare reforms in chaos, as provider warns they could increase costs

Tory proposals to reform the nursery sector could end up raising costs to parents, the UKs largest provider has warned. Childcare minister Liz Truss wants nurseries to be staffed by more qualified carers, and for rules to be relaxed to allow each staff ... [Published EducationInvestor Magazine - May 15 2013]

Entities: Reformism, Chaos, Stephen Twigg, Incompetence, Education

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Labour to call Commons vote on controversial childcare ratio proposals

Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, has revealed Labour's plans to call a vote in the House of Commons over controversial plans to change childcare ratios.The party is lobbying against the Government's plans to increase the number of children ... [Published Daynurseries.co.uk - May 10 2013]

Entities: The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Stephen Twigg, Nick Clegg, House of Commons of the United Kingdom

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

QUENTIN LETTS: If there's one child who needs one-to-one nannying, it's Clegg

If there's one child who needs one-to-one nannying, it's CleggBy Here is a vignette which shows how Coalition politics becomes gummed up by Leftist neck-clutching and the sly manoeuvrings of Nick Clegg.We awoke to news that Mr Clegg wanted to block the ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]

Entities: Nick Clegg, QUENTIN LETTS, Karl Turner

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 22 reports

Childcare reform must ‘get the balance right’ – Clegg

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg could block reform to childcare ratios, following concerns from charities and parents groups.David Cameron planned to implement changes in ratios from September, increasing the number of children carers can look after. ... [Published Public Sector Executive - May 09 2013]

Entities: Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Stephen Twigg, Education

Quotes

Last night Stephen Twigg MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, said: "michael gove promised three years ago that he would get former members of the armed forces into teaching. but his troops to teachers programme hasn’t even started. instead of paying lip service, he should get on with it."

Michael Gove's promise to fast-track soldiers into teaching still not launched THREE YEARS on [Published Mirror.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

But the opposition spokesmen are calling for improvements in the quality of teaching. "labour is unapologetic in seeking higher standards in vocational education and training. we would be relentless in driving up the quality of teaching in further education, particularly in english and maths" says Mr Twigg, shadow education secretary

FE college teaching 'must improve' [Published BBC - May 21 2013]

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Michael Gove's promise to fast-track soldiers i... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 2 hours ago]
Labour pledges to improve further education [Published Public Sector - 7 hours ago]
FE teachers ‘would spend time in industry’ each... [Published People Management Online - 13 hours ago]
Labour: One Nation Skills Taskforce Interim Rep... [Published PoliticsHome - 19 hours ago]
FE college teaching 'must improve' [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
Michael Gove: Scrapping the EBacc shows that La... [Published PoliticsHome - May 20 2013]
Labour calls for compulsory work experience to ... [Published ParentDish - May 20 2013]
Stephen Twigg: David Cameron and Michael Gove n... [Published PoliticsHome - May 19 2013]
1,000 pupils and rising – primary schools go su... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Fast-track plan for quality social workers [Published Public Service - May 17 2013]
£86m black hole in school repairs [Published Congleton Guardian - May 16 2013]
Childcare reforms in chaos, as provider warns t... [Published EducationInvestor Magazine - May 15 2013]
One Nation understood [Published Progress Labour's Progressives - May 14 2013]
Update on school rebuilding funds means winners... [Published Northern Echo - May 14 2013]
One-year delay for Bradford schools’ rebuilds [Published Telegraph and Argus - May 13 2013]
Mandelson attacks Miliband's vision [Published BBC - May 11 2013]
Funds black hole for school rebuilds [Published BBC - May 11 2013]
ConservativeHome Diary Week 5: Does Sir Alex Re... [Published Iain Dale's Diary - May 10 2013]
Childcare ratio plans 'in chaos', says Labour [Published Grub4Life - May 10 2013]
Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row [Published Nursery World - May 10 2013]
Labour to call Commons vote on controversial ch... [Published Daynurseries.co.uk - May 10 2013]
QUENTIN LETTS: If there's one child who needs o... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]
Clegg's fears over childcare ratio reforms [Published Community Practitioner - May 09 2013]
Clegg's 'treacherous' U-turn on childcare conde... [Published Mail Online UK - May 09 2013]
Childcare reform must ‘get the balance right’ –... [Published Public Sector Executive - May 09 2013]
Nick Clegg casts doubt on coalition's childcare... [Published itv.com - May 09 2013]
Childcare reforms in 'chaos' with major split i... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 09 2013]
Childcare reforms plans in 'chaos', Labour says [Published Channel 4 - May 09 2013]
VIDEO: House of Commons [Published BBC - May 09 2013]
New crisis for Coalition as Nick Clegg vows to ... [Published The Independent - May 09 2013]

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ConservativeHome Diary Week 5: Does Sir Alex Re... [Published Iain Dale's Diary - May 10 2013] The Independent on Sunday “Diary columnist” Matthew Bell has come up with an interesting theory as to why I have bought a house in Norfolk. Apparently it’s got nothing to do with the scenery or the fact that Broadland is the most peaceful part of ...
Gove's boarding academy borders on the ridiculous [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 28 2013] The Durand school in Sussex is an experiment that will be about as accessible as Hogwarts to most pupils With his surname out of a Billy Bunter story and views on race dating even further back in British history, Mr John Cherry , Chichester and West ...
Tory MPs hunt new Labour education shadow [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 22 2013] The other interesting thing about Ed Miliband’s personnel ‘lurch to the left’ last week was that he appointed Tristram Hunt to Labour’s shadow education team to replace Karen Buck. If CCHQ was excited about Buck becoming the Labour leader’s PPS, then ...
Is Gove’s school reform genie out of the bottle? [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 19 2013] Will Michael Gove’s reforms outlast him? They are perhaps this government’s single greatest accomplishment. Within three years it has gone from legislation to a nascent industry, and much of it on display at yesterday’s Spectator education conference, ...
Michael Gove: Unions need to do a better job [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 18 2013] Cometh the Gove, cometh the angry trade union representative. It was inevitable that the Education Secretary would have at least one exchange with someone from one of the two largest teaching unions when he took questions from the floor at today’s Spectator ...

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VIDEO: Twigg worry at career advice changes [Published BBC News Video - Politics - Mar 21 2013]