Sentences with phrase «month shadow education»

Earlier this month shadow education secretary David Willetts affirmed the Conservatives» support for city academies and refusal to build any more grammar schools.

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«It reveals a lot about Michael Gove's priorities that he has found time to meet with News Corps executives 21 times since he became education secretary - including meeting Rupert Murdoch on seven separate occasions - but in his first seven months in the job he didn't manage to visit a single sixth form college, further education college or special school,» said shadow education secretary Andy Burnham.

The lack of oversight, the lack of capacity within the governance structures and failure to deliver improvements are all issues we have been raising for months,» said Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary.

Many students fear this will affect their job prospects, and some universities have threatened to dock lecturers» pay if they refuse to mark papers, a move shadow higher education minister Boris Johnson backed earlier this month.

The much deferred announcement is due at the end of the month, but some senior vice chancellors last month infuriated the Labour front bench by issuing an open letter opposing the tuition fee cut only days after meeting the shadow higher education minister, Liam Byrne.

Michael Gove, the shadow education secretary, spent more than # 7,000 in five months furnishing a London property in 2006 before «flipping» his second home designation to a new property he bought in Surrey.