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PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Private money and School Closures") [MT critical of Oliver Letwin paper "suggesting a new way of increasing the number of independent schools and of reducing the opposition to school closures"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (schools: private money and parental choice) [Policy Unit paper presenting options for DES] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: John Moore PS letter to No.10 ("PAC Ninth Report - Hamilton College") [criticism of Scottish Education Department for failing to follow procedures in the sale of the College] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (Government spending on Universities) [apology to MT for wording of letter drafted for her signature, during the election to the AUT, and subsequently quoted against her] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Biffen ("Education (Grants and Awards Bill)") [Bill to come back to Commons in order to delete clause inserted by Opposition blocking use of education support grants, paid to local authorities, to support expenditure in grammar schools] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Tenure in the Universities") [conclusions & recommendations; background paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Peter Rees ("Efficiency Study in the Universities") [funding, membership & remit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Peter Rees ("The Audit Commission - Value for Money") [liaison between Commission and Her Majesty's Inspectorate; local authority deployment of resources] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: David Barclay minute to MT ("Academic Tenure") [MT's approval requested for Keith Joseph to proceed with his proposals to phase out tenure in respect to new contracts only] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: David Barclay minute to MT ("H Committee") [private rented sector; Crombie Code; commerical activities in further education establishments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Apr 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: David Barclay minute to MT ("H Committee") [fluoridation; NHS recruitment advertising; parental influence over schools; Education support grants] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Apr 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Jim Prior ("Tenure in the Universities") [legislation to revise of terms of academics' employment: line to take on new or amended charters or statutes in light of planned merger of the New University of Ulster and Ulster Polytechnic; Whitelaw concerns about legislative schedule] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Flowers ("Tenure") [proposed revision of terms of academics' employment, to allow for dismissal for reasons of redundancy or financial exigency] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Peter Rees ("VAT on Building Alterations: Effects on Education and Science") [additional costs for public sector due to widening of VAT base "not possible for the education programme"; inclusion of voluntary schools, universities & research councils in section 20 of VAT Act 1983 enabling refund of VAT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Hailsham ("Tenure in the Universities") [outline of principles & aims underlying proposed legislation to weaken academic tenure] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to David Barclay ("HMI Report on Expenditure and Provision") [summary of, and comment on, findings from latest report - strongly critical of schools' management of resources; lines to take] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Patrick Jenkin ("Survey of Shared and Extended Use of Schools") [main findings from survey results; PQ; follow-up] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 ("Future Demand for Higher Education") [publication of revised projections] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Willie Whitelaw ("Tenure in the Universities") [statement to Parliament on Government's intention to enforce change through legislation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Higher Education: Switch to Engineering and Technology") [case for funding being found from Departmental budgets & private funding rather than Treasury contingency reserves] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Student Grants") ["Student Grants": Government plan for parental full contribution to tuition fees: Labour expected to table Amendment; Conservative backbench revolt anticipated; options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Student Grants") [Government plan for parental full contribution to tuition fees: "some concession [to backbench & public opposition] now seems inevitable": options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Keith Joseph, Tristan Garel Jones) ["Student Grants": Government plan for parental full contribution to tuition fees: options for concession in light of backbench & public opposition] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Student Grants") [response to MT request to find scope for reducing impact of new scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Student Grants") [options for covering costs of delaying transition to parental full contribution to tuition fees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Whitelaw, Keith Joseph, Rees, Garel Jones) ["Student Grants": Backbenchers pressure on Government to withdraw proposals; discussion of options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Lord President record of conversation ("Student Grants") [Whitelaw, Keith Joseph, Biffen, Rees, Garel Jones: partial concession on tuition fees; funding of concession in 1985/86; Scotland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Whitelaw Meeting") [review of student support: summary of outcomes from Whitelaw/Keith Joseph meeting earlier in the day; TUC meeting with NUM; BT shares] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT ("Student Grants") [need to identify savings, following Government decision to announce concession on tuition fees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education record of conversation ("Student Grants") [Keith Joseph, Peter Rees: need to identify savings, following Government decision to announce concession on tuition fees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 ("Student Awards - Proposed Ministerial Statement") [text, announcing withdrawal of proposal that parents should make a contribution to tuition fees, and compensatory savings made by Government to address the financial shortfall; consultation on radical change to student support system] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversations (09:00 - Lawson, Keith Joseph, Hancock, Peter Middleton) (11:15 - MT, Lawson, Whitelaw, Keith Joseph, Biffen, Peter Rees, Peter Brooke, Peter Middleton, Bernard Ingham) ["Student Grants": Backbenchers pressure on Government to withdraw proposals; discussion of options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Management of Higher Education") [National Advisory Board plans for local authority higher education & Government grant-aided colleges; Ministerial Guidance for University Grants Committee & universities; Government priorities for higher education; radical alternatives for the planning & control of universities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Review of Student Support") [MT not satisfied with proposed terms of review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Provision for Students") [savings to be made on restrictions to welfare benefits, balanced against repercussions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("School Standards and Spending") [DES statistical bulletin indicates high-spending education authorities do not produce better results; MT agrees to No. 10 asking DES to conduct further research] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Keith Joseph") [higher education policy; the "Switch"; science budget; student support; Research Council; teachers' pay, assessment & training; Education block grant; teaching of 'economic facts of life' ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph) [industrial action by teachers; in-service training costs; Bill to re-allocate powers between education authorities, parents & teachers; review of student support; academic tenure/compensation for early redundancy; academic terms; funding for engineering & technology studies; Research Council] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Lord Young ("Provision for Students") [Lord Young's proposed restriction on entitlement to supplementary benefits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Peter Rees ("Review of Student Support") [postgraduate awards; UK-wide joint consultative paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("H Committee: In-Service Training for Teachers") ["proposals should be accepted only if... money can be found from within the existing education budget"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chairman of the National Advisory Body ("Future Planning of Higher Education") [reconstitution of National Advisory Board; guidance for NAB on Government's concerns & priorities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chairman of the University Grants Committee ("Future Planning of Higher Education") [student numbers; subject balance; research; rationalisation; staffing; recurrent grant; external financing; capital receipts; efficiency; cooperation with National Advisory Board ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Rees ("Management of Higher Education") [academic tenure; change within existing resources; closures; demand for higher education; closure of pharmacy department at Heriot-Watt] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to Keith Joseph PS (meeting with the Prime Minister on 12 March) [confirmation of meeting with Keith Joseph, Baroness Cox, Dr. John Marks and Prof. Arthur Pollard] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Fowler letter to Keith Joseph ("Review of Student Support") [request to be kept in loop, for social security implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Teachers: In-Service Training") [connections with Lord Young's proposed training scheme for teachers on lessons & principles of TVEI] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Teachers: In-Service Training") [coordination, timing & presentation of YTS & teacher training funding announcements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("White Paper on Schools Policy") [background; summary; publication; teachers' strike] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("White Paper on Schools") [endorsement; summary of key points] [declassified Dec 2014]
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