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51 results found for '"Standards"' in Keywords.
Rhodes Boyson on education black paper (1975)
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- Interview
Bob Holness interviews Conservative MP and former headmaster Dr Rhodes Boyson on the publication of a new so-called black paper on education standards. He speaks about the decline in standards of schools;...
William Tyndale School sackings (1977)
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- Interview
Interview with Brian Tennant, Chairman of the Managers at William Tyndale Junior School, Islington, London, on sackings and resignations of six teachers. Issues included inefficiency, use of progressive...
Conservative education policy (1977)
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- 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...
Standards of written English fall (1978)
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- Interview
John Day, Deputy Secretary General of the Associated Examining Board, describes the lowering of standards of written English in exams. He discusses where the breakdown in communication skills is coming from,...
Maze Prison conditions (1978)
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- Interview
Father Denis Faul condemning conditions in Ulster’s Maze Prison. Prisoners had been denied exercise, books and were being strip-searched regularly following a protest against wearing prison clothes and...
Shirley Williams on plans to change exam process (1978)
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- Interview
Secretary of State for Education, Shirley Williams on the Government’s plans to change the examination system in schools. Williams hopes to simplify the system whereby every child sits a single exam for...
Noman St John-Stevas attacks qualification proposals (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative shadow spokesman on Education, Norman St John-Stevas attacks new plans for changing the examination process, proposed by Secretary of State for Education, Shirley Williams. St John-Stevas claims...
School standards survey (1979)
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- Interview
Interview about the results of a Department of Education and Science (DES) survey about standards in UK schools. Male speaker and interviewer not identified. In 2 parts.
Gordon Borrie on second-hand car industry (1979)
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- Interview
Gordon Borrie, Director-General of Fair Trading, discusses malpractice in the second-hand car industry. He says complaints are up 100 percent compared with four years ago. Female interviewer not identified.
Motorway service stations privatisation (1980)
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- News report
Report on the announcement by Transport Minister Norman Fowler about Government plans to privatise British motorway service stations. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).