Archive for August 2009
Divide and rule begins at school
Posted by: melissabenn on: August 22, 2009
Three cheers for Lucy Mangan, writing in today’s Guardian Weekend on the ‘pernicious’ private/state school divide and the hail of criticism she faced when once daring to express her opinion on this issue on our broadcast media. Perhaps articles such as these might kick start a widespread campaign in defence of state education on a [...]
Divisive, unjust and ineffective
Posted by: melissabenn on: August 13, 2009
- In: News
- Leave a Comment
With the Tories apparently converting to all-ability schools, despite internal opposition, the debate on academic selection seemed one argument that had run its course, despite the continuing existence of 165 grammar schools, that no government dares touch. Not so. The argument rumbles on, boosted by recent publication of Alan Milburn’s study on social mobility: the [...]
Maya centre meeting: update
Posted by: melissabenn on: August 9, 2009
For those of you following the campaign to promote government funding for long term psychodynamic therapy as opposed to merely offering everyone quick fix CBT, particularly for those on low incomes, you might be interested in a rather lyrical summary of aspects of the spring meeting, which I chaired, at the Houses of Parliament, and [...]
Fame at last!
Posted by: melissabenn on: August 2, 2009
Read my blog profile/interview on Normblog posted on Friday July 24th.
Welcome to my website. I am a writer, novelist and campaigner. Follow the link below to my latest book. Join the conversation on Twitter. Or comment on this blog......
