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12 results found for '"Access to education"' in Keywords.
Conservative education policy (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Norman St John-Stevas on the Conservative Party (Opposition) education policy especially school standards and not having to pay for a good education. Male interviewer not...
Government to cover some independent school fees (1979)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Education Secretary Mark Carlisle, speaking in the House of Commons, on government plans to meet student fees for some places in independent schools.
Keith Joseph on 17-plus exam plans (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph about plans to introduce a new 17-plus exam. Female interviewer not identified.
Decision makers (1983)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech; Trailer
Decision Makers. Education vouchers, presented by Judith Dawson. As a pilot study is underway to test education vouchers, the programme looks at the arguments for and against this controversial idea. Speech...
Demonstrations against Patrick Harrington (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on students who are demonstrating against Patrick Harrington attending lectures at North London Polytechnic because they object to his National Front membership. With comment from police commander,...
Frances Morrell on Government rate-capping plan (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Frances Morrell, leader of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), talks about the Government’s decision to cap rates for schools, which would mean that the ILEA’s budget would become illegal....
Desmond Tutu on return to school (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a conference at which Bishop Desmond Tutu urged a return to school in January with the proviso that the South African Government meet certain demands. Otherwise, he said, teachers and pupils should...
Parents taking ILEA to court over school places (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Clayre Gribben reports on parents in Tower Hamlets taking the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) to court as several hundred mainly Bangladeshi children are still without any school placement. Aswan...
Higher education changes (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews the Minister of State for Education, Baroness Blatch, Emily Blatch, on changes that mean students choosing the sciences over the arts will find it easier getting in to university; how...
Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Kermode reports on headmistress Jane Hardman Brown refusing to let children from Kingsmead Primary School on a Hackney estate watch Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House,...