Francis Beckett
Articles by Francis Beckett
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Politics
They wasted £57m, but didn't learn
- 26 November 2001
Francis Beckett on how ministers plan to repeat the errors of their pet project for schools
Politics
Christian values? Humbug!
- 15 October 2001
Francis Beckett, educated by Jesuits but now a deplorable pagan, argues that church schools, despite their denials, really are bent on indoctrination
Politics
New Labour and proud of it
- 01 October 2001
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Labour Conference 2001: The Gen Sec - The most famous student rebel of 1968, and later a Communist Party member, David Triesman now chants the Blair line faultlessly. Francis Beckett reports
Politics
The great tuition fee scandal
- 17 September 2001
- 1 comment
Blair's policies keep the less affluent out of university; they also ensure that, even if they get there, they end up with poor degrees
Politics
This love affair could go too far
- 16 July 2001
New Labour has enveloped the private schools in a fierce ideological embrace. But the schools would like ministers to cool down, reports Francis Beckett
Society
The New Statesman Profile - Charles Clarke
- 18 June 2001
He was once portrayed as dictatorial, obsessed, almost demented. But Blair's new appointment could prove inspired. Charles Clarke profiled
Politics
Brideshead inspected? No, sir!
- 07 May 2001
Francis Beckett explains how teaching at the top universities managed to escape official scrutiny
Politics
The unheard voice of the countryside
- 30 April 2001
May Day 2001 - Nobody bothers to ask farmworkers what they think of the current crisis
Politics
A poor start for a brave new world
- 02 April 2001
Francis Beckett asks if Britain's FE colleges, with their underpaid lecturers and champagne-swigging principals, can really give us all lifelong learning
Politics
Bring back the right to strike
- 12 March 2001
Francis Beckett explains why "everybody out" is now a cry so rarely heard from British workers
