Issue 13.2, September 2015 - Education policy under the 2010–15 UK Coalition Government: Critical perspectives
The London Review of Education (LRE) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal featuring rigorous, theoretically based research into contemporary education. It contains analysis of key themes in education and in any educational context, whether local, national or global. The most recent issue focuses on the impact of the UK Coalition Government on education policy and contributors felt that BELMAS members may be interested in the articles featured.
Introduced by Professor Chris Husbands, Director of the UCL Institute of Education, common threads running through the issue reveal conflicting policy strategies, greater control from central government and strained relations with educationalists. Several articles look ahead to implications for the future.
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CONTENTS (hyperlinks are to open-access material)
Introduction: Making sense of the Coalition - Chris Husbands
Socio-economic inequalities in English schooling under the Coalition Government 2010–15 - Ruth Lupton and Stephanie Thomson (with a video introduction by Ruth Lupton)
Education policy and governance in England under the Coalition Government (2010–15): Academies, the pupil premium and free early education - Anne West
British values and British identity: Muddles, mixtures and ways ahead - Robin Richardson
Policy on the primary curriculum since 2010: The demise of the expert view - Mark Brundrett
Mind the gap between the policy announcements and implementation: The Youth Contract and Jobcentre advisors role as careers educators for 18–24 year olds - Gabriella Cagliesi and Denise Hawkes
Fees, fairness and the National Scholarship Programme: Higher education policy in England and the Coalition Government - Helen Carasso and Andrew Gunn
The new statutory requirements in careers guidance in England and the implications for careers provision under the Coalition Government - Charlotte Chadderton
The politics of education revisited: Anthony Crosland and Michael Gove in historical perspective - Mike Finn
What has the Coalition Government done for the development of initial teacher education? - Jennie Golding
More fragmented, and yet more networked: Analysing the responses of two local authorities in England to the Coalition’s ‘self-improving school-led system’ reforms - Toby Greany
Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government - Eva Lloyd
The impact of accountability reforms on the Key Stage 4 curriculum: How have changes to school and college performance tables affected pupil access to qualifications and subjects in secondary schools in England? - Meenakshi Parameshwaran and Dave Thomson
What has the Coalition Government done for higher education? - Paul Temple
Reversal Reversed? The new consensus on education and training - Patrick Ainley
Book Review: Authority and the Teacher, by William H. Kitchen – Ekta Singla
Book Review: Education and the State: International perspectives on a changing relationship, edited by Carla Aubry, Michael Geiss, Veronika Magyar-Haas and Jürgen Oelkers – Tom Woodin