Former Secretary of State for Education Kenneth Baker claims that secondary education has become a five-year programme with a single, narrow aim: to prepare pupils for high-stakes GCSE exams at 16. From 2015, all young people will be legally required to stay in education or training until they are 18. Kenneth Baker sees this as a historic opportunity to re-think the aims and structure of English education. He argues that the National Curriculum should extend only to the age of 14 and that there should be four distinct pathways from 14-18 to take account of young people's emerging interests talents and ambitions: Liberal Arts; Technical; Sports and Creative Arts; and Career. All pathways will provide a broad education, but each will have a distinctive character matched to the talents and ambitions of individual students. In 14-18 - A New Vision for Secondary Education, Kenneth Baker builds a compelling case for reform, with contributions from a range of educationalists who draw on the history of English education, practice elsewhere in the world, and their experiences. An essential read for anyone interested in the future of secondary education.

Surgical training is highly competitive and requires preparation, dedication and an understanding of the principles of selection. Your application will be evaluated across a range of competences according to objective criteria, with selection based primarily on your: surgical portfolio - evidence of relevant experience and achievements to date, which is used to demonstrate your suitability for a role surgical interview - a range of 'stations' designed to assess specific areas of the selection criteria This book is a practical guide to help you build an impressive portfolio and deliver a quality performance at interview. It offers key advice on these two areas of assessment, as follows: The surgical portfolio: Advice on where to start and how to maximise the benefit you gain from each opportunity. Each portfolio domain is discussed in turn, explaining the context and rationale and providing a guide to maximising your performance in each area. Example opportunities are provided for you to pursue to help to adapt your experience to the specific assessment criteria. The surgical interview: Understand the rationale behind the questioning to help you tailor your answers to maximise scoring. Answer templates with key guidance to help you provide effective answers based on your portfolio experiences. Guidance on contemporary surgical topics to help you with discussion and debate.

Queen Victoria was the first in a new breed of Cunard Ships: her design is enhanced to give her the ability to cross the North Atlantic. Introduced to service in 2007, Queen Victoria's reign is young; however, she has had a notable career with royal engagements, tandem Atlantic crossings and Gala-World Cruises where she has been welcomed with open arms. Illustrated with stunning colour photographs taken by the authors from every area of the ship, and fully updated after the extensive 2017 refit, this book provides a lasting memento of a voyage aboard Cunard's stately monarch.

Set in a small town in the countryside, a storm brings forth an uncontrollable and relentless mutation that forever transforms all that come in contact with it. Centers on a family and their struggle during this horrifying ordeal.

In his formative years, Benjamin suffers a death in the family and as a pre-teen becomes the victim of sexual trauma and as a result develops multiple personality disorder. In the early sixties, his family relocates to South Africa. What follows is a psychological thriller across a timespan of three decades, which includes the bizarre South African politics of the time. Mcpherson's alter-ego runs amok; he hates certain people with a passion. His old tormentor has been on the run for twenty years and the police are hot on both their tails. The story tracks Ben's personal growth from when he is a toddler into his thirties; his dreams, his sexual coming of age, his family and his one and only life-partner. There are clashes between the ANC and National Intelligence as well as uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. Alan Mcpherson is a killer, but who is Alan? Does he even exist? And why is he so set on 'bumping into' Gouws, a sadistic paedophile?

Ten moons will rise. And with them, so shall evil. For twenty years, the land has known peace. Now, in the belly of a great city, unholy powers stir. The dead shall walk, the streets shall know chaos and humanity itself will face extinction. And yet, one man shall stand strong. If only he knew his potential. Under these moons, Jalbrek shall learn his destiny, but will struggle to realise the magnitude of his burden. A young orphan boy, taken in by the Church and raised to adulthood within its cloistered walls, he knows nothing of his fellow man. But he must learn, and learn fast, if anyone is to survive this nightmare. Sanity has no place in this hell. But then: "Faith does not require sanity."

Former Secretary of State for Education Kenneth Baker claims that secondary education has become a five-year programme with a single, narrow aim: to prepare pupils for high-stakes GCSE exams at 16. From 2015, all young people will be legally required to stay in education or training until they are 18. Kenneth Baker sees this as a historic opportunity to re-think the aims and structure of English education. He argues that the National Curriculum should extend only to the age of 14 and that there should be four distinct pathways from 14-18 to take account of young people's emerging interests talents and ambitions: Liberal Arts; Technical; Sports and Creative Arts; and Career. All pathways will provide a broad education, but each will have a distinctive character matched to the talents and ambitions of individual students. In 14-18 - A New Vision for Secondary Education, Kenneth Baker builds a compelling case for reform, with contributions from a range of educationalists who draw on the history of English education, practice elsewhere in the world, and their experiences. An essential read for anyone interested in the future of secondary education.