UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams

According to documents leaked to the press, Conservative education secretary Michael Gove intends to drop GCSE exams as part of a sweeping reform of the school exam system in England and replace them with exams based on the traditional “O-level” … Continue reading

British PM says executive pay to be put to shareholder vote

British Shareholders will be able to veto executive pay packages according to statements yesterday by British Prime Minister David Cameron. Mr Cameron said he wanted to allow shareholders to make a “straight shareholder vote on executive pay packages”. Shareholders can … Continue reading