Minister to Lecture at 精东传媒
Welsh Government Ministerleighton Andrews.Leighton Andrews AM, the newly appointed Minister for Public Services in the Welsh Government will be at 精东传媒 on Thursday 2 October.
The Minister will be discussing 鈥楳inistering to Education: A Reformer Reports鈥� in a public lecture which will promote debate in education, offering the inside story on several key decisions and reforms made during his time as Education Minister (2009鈥�2013).
The Lecture is free of charge and open to all and takes place in the Main Arts Lecture Theatre and begins at 6.30.
Twice named Welsh Politician of the Year during his time as Education Minister (2009鈥�2013), Leighton has been described as 鈥渋rresponsible and mistaken鈥� by Michael Gove and 鈥渢he best Education Minister in the UK鈥� by Alistair Campbell.
From the failure to follow through on Richard Daugherty鈥檚 report after SATs were abolished to the decision to re-grade exam results when English Language GCSE exams came under fire in 2012 (with information on Ofqual鈥檚 comments on Wales, never before made public), the lecture will consider the effect such decisions have had in setting the education systems of England and Wales on diverging paths, and comment on the complex challenges that still lie ahead to make the Welsh education system as good as any in the world. There will be an opportunity for questions at the end.
Publication date: 24 September 2014