Janus: The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Churchill/KNNK contains:
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2	Labour Party
3	Elections
4	Policy: Arts and sport
5	Policy: Defence
6	Policy: Economic
7	Policy: Education and science
8	Policy: European Union
9	Policy: Food and agriculture
10	Policy: Foreign affairs
11	Policy: Health and social security
12	Policy: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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The Papers of Neil Kinnock

Title	Policy: Education and science
Reference	KNNK 7
Covering Dates	1980–1993
Extent and Medium	4 archive boxes

Content and context

Includes: papers on education policy, particularly private education, teacher shortages, education spending, educational maintenance allowances and the Inner London Education Authority; collected speeches by NK on education; papers on religious education and the Church; papers on science policy.

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Education

Churchill/KNNK 7 contains:

Educational Broadcasting. Correspondence with [James] Ian Trethowan, Director-General of the BBC, and Anne Sloman, BBC, on cuts to educational programmes and reporting of the Education Bill.
1 file.

Feb 1980

A Way Ahead for Education. Printed text and draft notes for NK's Alf Killick Memorial Lecture, at Southend College of Technology [Essex].
1 file.

Mar 1981

The Labour Party and Religious Education. Correspondence on future Labour policy towards voluntary aided Church schools (particularly Catholic schools) with correspondents including: Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (2); Harry Cowans; Hugh Lindsay, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; George Park.
1 file.

Dec 1981-Jan 1983

Churches. Correspondence on Labour policy towards the Church of England, with correspondents including: Donald Reeves, Rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly [London] (3); Noel Davies, General Secretary of the Council of Churches for Wales, on the future of the coal industry.
1 file.

Dec 1983-Nov 1985

Education: collected speeches by NK.
1 file.

Jul 1981-Oct 1986

Education. Includes: texts of speeches on education by NK; correspondence on policy and teachers' pay; papers on legislation for special education needs; correspondence and paper on charging for school activities under the Education Reform Act; correspondence on accidents to children while in school.
1 file.

Mar 1982-Jun 1989

Science. Includes: paper by Steven Rose on themes for a science policy speech; text of speech by Lord Kaldor in the House of Lords on Government policy and new technologies; paper from the Jobs and Industry Joint Policy Committee on science and technology policy; note on the work of the Labour, Finance and Industry Group science policy sub-group.
1 file.

Nov 1985-Apr 1986

Science and the Strategic Defence Initiative. Notes and correspondence on science policy, including: notes from Walter Kellermann; proposals for the establishment of a Ministry of Science and Technology; a statement from the Executive Committee of British Pugwash on the acceptability of Strategic Defence Initiative research contracts; a status report on the boycott of Star Wars (SDI) research by academic scientists.
1 file.

Apr 1986-Nov 1986

Private education. Notes and cuttings, particularly on the assisted places scheme, and also on public schools and City Technology Colleges.
1 file.

Feb 1983-Oct 1986

Wales. Notes and cuttings on education funding in Wales.
1 file.

Dec 1984-Dec 1986

Education. Notes and papers on the general state of education, including the effects of comprehensive reorganisation in Scotland.
1 file.

Dec 1982-Dec 1988

Teacher shortages. Cuttings, correspondence and briefs on education issues, particularly the teacher shortage in science subjects.
1 file.

Feb 1986-May 1987

Teachers' pay. Papers and correspondence on Government proposals for teachers' pay and conditions. Includes: letter from Nicholas Edwards, Secretary of State for Wales [later Lord Crickhowell], forwarding a copy of the proposals; reaction from the National Confederation of Parent-Teacher Associations; letters from the Burnham Primary and Secondary Committee; National Union of Teachers' briefing on the right to negotiate; research notes from the House of Commons Library; extracts from Hansard; transcript of a Weekend World television interview with Fred Smithies, General Secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, and Doug McAvoy, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT).
1 file.

Jun 1986-Mar 1987

Schools. Cuttings, briefs, notes and speech for a campaign launch on education, particularly shortages of books and computers, and repairs to school buildings.
1 file.

Sep 1986-Jun 1987

Private education. Notes, briefs, cuttings and correspondence, particularly on the assisted places scheme, including: note on Labour policy towards private schools; a breakdown of GCSE spending allocated to local education authorities, from Angela Rumbold, Minister of State for Education and Science; copy of a joint legal opinion by Anthony Lester and David Pannick on the abolition of private schools; research notes from the House of Commons Library.
1 file.

Dec 1985-May 1987

Private Schools. Correspondence with Peter Archer and Policy Directorate papers on Labour's policy towards private schools.
1 file.

May 1986-Apr 1987

Educational maintenance allowances policy. Includes: notes and briefings; Policy Studies Institute draft summary report on improving research and development for vocational education and training, prepared for the Manpower Services Commission; copy of Hansard covering the third reading of the Education Bill; papers of the Education and Social Security joint committee on student benefits; Department of Education and Science report into grants for students from 16 to 18 (1975); discussion paper from the Australian Government on income support for young people (1984).
2 files.

May 1986-Mar 1987

Education: finance and resources. Briefs on education spending.
1 file.

Apr 1987-May 1987

Higher Education. Includes: NATFHE (National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education) response to Government plans; cuttings on university funding policy; notes on the Government's record; papers and correspondence on changes in educational structure and funding in the Education Bill.
1 file.

Apr 1987-Jun 1987

ILEA. Includes: speech notes on the Inner London Education Authority; paper on the situation of children in inner London; briefings and manifesto for the Labour campaign in the ILEA elections, May 1986, and notes for NK's election visit.
1 file.

May 1986-Jun 1987

ILEA. Cuttings, briefing and notes of a meeting with Sir Keith Joseph [former Secretary of State for Education and Science] on the abolition of the Inner London Education Authority.
1 file.

Jan 1988-Apr 1988

Education Team meetings. Minutes and papers on subjects including: a proposed forum of educational bodies affiliated to Labour; a House of Commons Library research note on the Education Bill.
1 file.

Oct 1987-Nov 1987

Post-14 curriculum. Briefing note for a meeting with Professor Edward Wragg on the post-14 curriculum and note on discussing the role of the Ministry of Science.
1 file.

Jan 1991

Education. Correspondence between Fred Jarvis, former General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and John Major, Prime Minister, on Conservative education policy.
1 file.

Jul 1991-May 1992

Alternative Education Bill. Papers for a alternative White Paper, from Fred Jarvis, former General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), on subjects including: social philosophy; power and structure in the educational system; accountability; pre-school education; primary and secondary education; youth, adult, continuing and community education; special educational needs; the teaching profession.
1 file.

Mar 1993