I have worked as an education journalist for more than twenty years, first as a senior editor on The Times Educational Supplement, then as that paper's US correspondent, based in New York, and then - while bringing up my children - as a freelance writer and columnist for a variety of national newspapers and magazines. I visit nurseries, schools, universities and colleges up and down the country, and in many countries abroad, and believe that this sustained experience of the day-to-day realities of education, along with my experience as a parent of both private and state schools, helps to inform everything I write.
12 Nov 2009 - Time For A Change: how a young woman plans to shake up the school landscape
15 Oct 2009 - Making the Grade: The Kent school pupils who are showing the way
08 Oct 2009 - Look East: why Chinese lessons are booming
08 Oct 2009 - Look East: why Chinese lessons are booming
01 Oct 2009 - It's the first MBA delivered entirely by a private organisation
01 Oct 2009 - Sign on the dotted line
01 Oct 2009 - A shock to the system
03 Sep 2009 - Making Waves: how physics is being transformed
03 Sep 2009 - Schools get together for chemistry learning
26 Aug 2009 - A level results -- aren't we in danger of taking them too seriously?
06 Aug 2009 - A Question of Faith: Tony Blair wants the world's children to talk
19 Jul 2009 - 21st century schools -- a conflicted message?
16 Jul 2009 - Glorious mud: how pupils are building a greener future
28 May 2009 - Licence to chill: the primary school taking learning to another level
21 May 2009 - Exam gamble: state school replaces A level with International Baccalaureate
14 May 2009 - Bullied boys: Why bright lads are being picked on
30 Apr 2009 - Child's play: why cooking should be on the primary school menu
24 Apr 2009 - Work in progress
09 Apr 2009 - UK business schools still struggle to name high-flying female executive MBAs
09 Apr 2009 - Management guru Andrew Pettigrew: it's all new territory
26 Mar 2009 - City Slackers: how the Square Mile is reaching out to dropouts
12 Mar 2009 - Sing It Loud: the children raising the roof of the Royal Opera House
05 Mar 2009 - Message to parents: persistence pays
26 Feb 2009 - Smeared by association
19 Feb 2009 - GSA website: help is just a click away
22 Jan 2009 - Why haven't school dinners got any better?
20 Nov 2008 - Vision + cash = experience
30 Oct 2008 - One-to-one makes all the difference when learning to read
09 Oct 2008 - Sparks of Invention
02 Oct 2008 - An academy for all ages
28 Aug 2008 - Is £30m enough for a name?
28 Aug 2008 - Clearing: it's a horrible moment when you take your future in your hands
12 Jun 2008 - The Importance of Networking
08 May 2008 - A bit of a mess: why the Government's plans to end child poverty were botched
22 Apr 2008 - Taking care of business: George Yip profile
22 Apr 2008 - Why greed is no good
11 Apr 2008 - Teachers -- don't strike
28 Feb 2008 - Do little ones need formal lessons?
14 Feb 2008 - A four-year battle with the system
07 Feb 2008 - The diploma revolution
07 Feb 2008 - Rooms for improvement: Britain's dilapidated schools are being rebuilt
17 Jan 2008 - Before you learn how to organise other people, learn how to organise yourself
10 Jan 2008 - Keep the faith: Why religious education is booming
06 Dec 2007 - Student entrepreneurs
01 Nov 2007 - Children’s Commissioner: an interview with Sir Al Aynsley-Green
25 Oct 2007 - Bringing education to the Nairobi slums
15 Oct 2007 - Developing university study skills
10 Oct 2007 - AMBA accreditation
20 Sep 2007 - Learning outside the classroom
31 Aug 2007 - Take six of the best and learn to be a great teacher
12 Aug 2007 - Low grades? Finding another university
26 Jul 2007 - Lessons in money management
01 Jul 2007 - Girls on Top: the work of CAMFED in Africa
17 Jun 2007 - Young Geographer of the Year
14 Jun 2007 - Interview with Gillingwater, Dean of Cass Business School
07 Jun 2007 - A song a day is Howard's way
19 May 2007 - Hull Business School
10 May 2007 - Why can’t all children go to primary school?
10 May 2007 - Why can't all children go to primary school?
01 May 2007 - Specialist MSc Programmes
19 Apr 2007 - MBA courses in Africa
08 Apr 2007 - Why children's play matters
01 Mar 2007 - Beyond A levels: the sixth-formers who write dissertations for fun
28 Feb 2007 - Silent women: an exhibition of art by Iranian photographers