Having stumbled on Google Scholar, I have done a quick investigation to see how it differs from ordinary Google or other search engines.   more »

The government is revealing its response to Tomlinson's proposed shake-up of the British exam system tomorrow.

If academic and vocational qualifications are merged in one great pudding, are the exam boards, faced with an even greater range of subjects to examine, not going to jetison minority subjects like Latin at once?   more »

Under this headline the Sunday Times announced the launch tomorrow of a review of the English curriculum. The article was mostly speculation, but suggested the possible removal of Milton " a difficult poet to read", Herrick and Henry Vaughan.

My eye was caught by the word 'classics', as you might expect, which does increasingly mean ...   more »