A teachers' union holds a vote of no confidence in the education secretary's policies
Today the Sunday papers are light on their coverage of higher education. Much is made of the annual meeting of the National Association of Head Teachers, a trade union that is more moderate than the National Union of Teachers but which seems to be getting slightly more uppity. Its general secretary likened Michael Gove, the education secretary, to a fanatical personal trainer. Mr Gove does indeed see himself in that role.
Overheard at the Higher Education Policy Institute meeting held last week, a head teacher remarked that "Just as there is no ‘I’ in team, I wish there were no ‘Gove’ in government."
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