Article: Union anger at plans for seven city academies.(News)

Article: We were wrong to close grammar schools, says Lord ...
Evening Standard - London;  January 25, 2007 ;     396 words ... ... of grammar schools. Lord Adonis made clear he regretted ... Spectator. A decade ago, Lord Adonis - then a journalist ... turn the clock back." Lord Adonis, the architect of Labour's flagship city academies, also appeared to accuse ...

Article: Rail link will be faster - and cheaper ; Lord ...
Evening Post (Bristol UK);  July 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ...TRANSPORT secretary Lord Adonis has pledged disruption will be kept ... run along the 118-mile route. Lord Adonis said: "There is a big gain for ... but a pipedream for decades. But Lord Adonis said from the taxpayers' point ...

Article: Lord Adonis Visits Leading "Pathfinder School" - ...
PR Newswire Europe;  May 8, 2008 ;     664 words ... ... With Photo On Friday 2nd May, Lord Adonis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State ... parent has to work to make ends meets. Lord Adonis was keen to explore the ways of utilising ... special characteristics that prompted Lord Adonis's visit. Meeting both pupils and ...

Article: Lord Adonis sets deadline for Midlands rail ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 10, 2009 ;     614 words ... ... end of the year. Transport Minister Lord Adonis laid down the deadline in a letter to ... proposal during 2010. In his letter, Lord Adonis said: "We also wish you to provide ... economic and spatial strategies." Lord Adonis also said that the Department for Transport ...

Article: Lord Adonis: We plan 70 academies for London by ...
Evening Standard - London;  July 14, 2008 ;     690 words ... ... its ethos and appointing its governors. Schools minister Lord Adonis outlined an [pounds]80 million plan to extend for another ... twoand-a-half times the average rate across England, said Lord Adonis. Academies in London last year had an average of 3.4 applications ...

Article: Take the train, urges minister ; Transport minister Lord ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Transport minister Lord Adonis yesterday promised the Westcountry would not lose out on national ... young people and students - then that would be great progress." Lord Adonis, pictured right, said he was eager to bring the best lessons ...

Article: LORD Adonis, who was moved from the Department for ...
Evening Standard - London;  October 10, 2008 ;     279 words ...LORD Adonis, who was moved from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the Department of Transport in the reshuffle, told ...