This is the precisely the problem - we shouldn't allow people to "challenge" scientific (or political/economic) orthodoxy simply by assertion; it needs to be subjected to a quality of … (View Post)

Seeing how hot you could get a carbon rod with a variable power supply. (View Post)

I suspect they look, realize that what they do requires decades long incremental cultural change for which they won't get any credit, and then come up with "everyone will be mathsing until … (View Post)

That's precisely my point - we have a huge bolus of students who did "OK" at GCSE but have no particular aptitude for or delight in the maths teaching we offer them. Two more years of … (View Post)

The Tories aren't helping themselves though. People might at least cock an ear if they hear something that doesn't sound half baked. On extending Maths education to 18, it is obvious that i… (View Post)