Media Coverage 2004
"SATs are changing:Good news or bad?": Early Years Educator, December 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Blunkett resigns ? education perspective, 16 December 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Teacher protection, 13 December 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report - Education and childcare, 2 December 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School workloads, 1 December 2004
"Teacher is praised": South Wales Evening Post, 24 November 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Bullying, 22 November 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School discipline, 18 November 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Childcare, 11 November 2004
"Union backs lecturer training": Derby Evening Telegraph, 6 November 2004
"Group backs changes to nursery inspections": Derby Evening Telegraph, 2 November 2004
"Nurseries need nurturing: Nursery Education, November 2004
"Knives turn schools into lethal playgrounds": The Western Mail, 30 October 2004
"Louise proves she?s a super nan": Wandsworth Guardian, 28 October 2004
"There?s Nan better than Louise": Streatham Post, 21 October 2004
"Head took the proper action, say unions": The Western Mail, 23 October 2004
"Industry critical of Tomlinson proposals": SecEd, 21 October 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Tomlinson Report, 18 October 2004
"Teachers blamed for black pupils? failure": XCM, Autumn 2004 (page 7, pdf)
"Reckless agencies leave children at risk from untrained nannies": The Times, 7 October 2004
"College cancels ?surfing? degree": BBC News, 6 October 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Outdoor school activities, 28 September 2004
"Nannies to follow ?a strict code?": Derby Evening Telegraph, 28 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Exam cut backs, 27 September 2004
"A nanny is a nanny": letter, Nursery World, 23 September 2004 (pdf)
"Union anger as MPs urge super teacher plan for inner-cities", London Evening Standard, 21 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Teachers? pay, 20 September 2004
"Plea on school tests": South Wales Evening Post, 18 September 2004
"SATs face the axe by school chiefs": Derby Evening Telegraph, 16 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: University admissions, 14 September 2004
"Same job, same pay" (letter): Guardian: Education, 14 September 2004
"Minimum wage rise hits nurseries hard": Nursery World, 8 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School meals, 6 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School hours, 6 September 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Exam reform: 9 August 2004
Coverage of Voice Annual Conference 2004, Bournemouth:
Voice journal: Conference Special Update, September/October 2004
"College cancels ?surfing? degree": BBC News, 6 October 2004
"Surf degree slated at teachers? conference": Western Morning News, 24 August 2004
"Home tutors need guidance": Independent: Education, 5 August 2004
"Voice answers back" (letter): Independent: Education, 5 August 2004
Education Guardian ?Notebook?: Guardian, 3 August 2004
"Teachers want curbs on home education": The Times, 30 July 2004
"More parents choose to educate children at home": Guardian, 30 July 2004
"BA in surfing": Sydney Morning Herald, 29 July 2004
"Home teaching ?needs more checks?": BBC News, 29 July 2004
"Home education ?needs monitoring?": The Guardian, 29 July 2004
"Scrap university target, say teachers": The Times, 29 July 2004
"Parenting ?has got worse since 70s?": Guardian, 29 July 2004
"Teachers? union votes against 50% graduate target": Guardian, 29 July 2004
"Lessons in parenting ?vital for all families?": Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2004
"Stop knocking golf degrees": Independent, 29 July 2004
"Closer watch urged on children taught at home": TES/PA News, 29 July 2004
"College defends "Mickey Mouse" degree course": TES/PA News, 28 July 2004
"Charity warns of declining parenting skills": TES/PA News, 28 July 2004
"Surfing degree will benefit economy, says professor": Guardian, 28 July 2004
"Specialist schools may lose right to select": The Times, 28 July 2004
"U-turn hint over pupil selection": Guardian, 28 July 2004
"Tarzan of the capes and mortar boards: ?Mickey Mouse? research and courses anger teachers": Guardian, 28 July 2004
"Ministers may stop schools selecting pupils on ability": Independent, 28 July 2004
"Schools to lose right to select by aptitude": Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2004
"Selection by aptitude ?to be scrapped?": London Evening Standard, 28 July 2004
"Labour may rethink pupil selection": Daily Mail, 27 July 2004
"Corporal punishment ?worked in schools?": Daily Mail, 27 July 2004
"School selection under scrutiny": BBC News, 27 July 2004
"Teaching union backs SATs u-turn": Derby Evening Telegraph, 27 July 2004
"College defends ?surf? degree": BBC News, 27 July 2004
"Teachers attack ?hobby degrees?: BBC News, 26 July 2004
"Teacher leader?s behaviour fears": BBC News, 27 July 2004
"Voice chairman urges reduction in 50% graduate target": The Guardian, 27 July 2004
"Union takes on society": The Guardian, 27 July 2004
"Catching the wave": Independent, 27 July 2004
"Graduate flood ?will lead to crisis over jobs?": The Times, 26 July 2004
"Government blamed for ?mickey mouse? courses": Independent, 26 July 2004
"Degree in surfing ?is devaluing academia?": Daily Telegraph, 26 July 2004
"Teachers attack ?hobby degrees?": BBC News, 26 July 2004
"A degree in surfing?!": London Evening Standard, 26 July 2004
"Parents back degree fear": South Wales Evening Post, 26 July 2004
"Teens ?being pushed into universities?": South Wales Evening Post, 20 July 2004
"Management Awards Presented to Employees": Derby Evening Telegraph, 27 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School funding, 21 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Spending Review - Education, 13 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Obesity rates in schools, 12 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Five year schools plan, 8 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Blair?s education speech, 7 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Education reforms, 5 July 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Bichard Inquiry, 22 June 2004
"Survey backs nanny checks": Derby Evening Telegraph, 17 June 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Standards and Effectiveness Unit, 9 June 2004
"Dangerous ground?": The Guardian, 9 June 2004
"Award Will Recognise UK?s Best Nanny": The Scotsman, 6 June 2004
"Nominate a nanny for a national award": Derby Evening Telegraph, 4 June 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Teenage behaviour, 3 June 2004
"Priory opens doors to stressed-out exam kids": The Observer, 31 May 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School Expulsions, 28 May 2004
"Opportunity knocks to extend roles", Early Years Educator (Special Focus: Nursery Nurses), June 2004
"Why we should all join a trade union", Early Years Educator (Special Focus: Nursery Nurses), June 2004
"The new nanny state": The Guardian, 22 May 2004
"Voice: small union: big impact": House Magazine, May 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School discipline, 18 May 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: childcare, 18 May 2004
"Striking nursery nurse charged in playground row": Glasgow Evening Times, 5 May 2004
"Nanny agencies split by new organisation": Nursery World, 22 April 2004
"Weekly wage plan for 16 year olds": South Wales Evening Post, 20 April 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Education maintenance allowance, 20 April 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School security, 16 April 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Six-term school year, 14 April 2004
"Nursery nurses set up body": Derby Evening Telegraph, 13 April 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Affordable housing, 8 April 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School transport, 8 April 2004
Letter in TES, 2 April 2004
"Nursery staff need homes": Nursery World, 1 April 2004
"Devastating cost of school arson", Swansea Evening Post, 27 March 2004
"Vote fails for [nursery nurses?] pay across Scotland": Nursery World, 18 March 2004
"Lecturer to sue over work stress": Burton Mail, 17 March 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Teachers? pay, 16 March 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Playing Fields, 5 March 2004
"Fury after nursery staff defy walkout": Glasgow Evening Times, 2 March 2004
"Will fines from the head combat truancy?": Derby Evening Telegraph, 28 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Anti-social behaviour, 27 February 2004
"Teachers demand SATs review": Derby Evening Telegraph, 27 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: National Curriculum, 27 February 2004
"Call to overhaul school testing": BBC News, 27 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Maths tuition fees, 24 February 2004
"Horror at school drug test proposal": Derby Evening Telegraph, 23 February 2004
"PM warned over school drug tests": Daily Mirror, 23 February 2004
"Pupils face drug tests under new crackdown": Metro, 23 February 2004
ePolitix Forum brief: School drugs testing, 23 February 2004
"Teachers: Not in our joint" ("Views for and Against"): The Sun, 23 February 2004
"Teachers rebuff random tests for drugs in schools": The Times, 23 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Tomlinson review, 16 February 2004
"Seminar invite for agency workers": Derby Evening Telegraph, 13 February 2004
"Changes planned in school reports process": Derby Evening Telegraph, 11 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School Inspections, 10 February 2004
"Pupils who wear a uniform with pride": Wolverhampton Express and Star, 5 February 2004
"£50 million plan will move pre-fives into schools" [Glasgow]: Nursery World, 4 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Baccalaureate qualifications, 2 February 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Welsh schools report, 22 January 2004
"Strike ballot for nursery nurses", Nursery World, 22 January 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: School swimming, 21 January 2004
"Union chief in top-up fees blast": South Wales Evening Post, 20 January 2004
"Students claim class disruption": Burton Mail, 15 January 2004
"Concerns teens will be put off teaching": BBC News / BBC Radio Derby, 9 January 2004
"Top up rebel[s]": Derby Evening Telegraph, 9 January 2004
ePolitix Forum Brief: Higher Education Bill, 8 January 2004
"Education seminar": Derby Evening Telegraph, 3 January 2004
"Tighter police checks urged": Nursery World, 1 January 2004
