Michael Gove
Michael Gove
Michael Goveis a British Conservative politician, who was Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2014 and Secretary of State for Justice from 2015 to 2016. He has been the Member of Parliamentfor Surrey Heath since 2005. He is also an author and was a columnist for The Times...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1967
sacrifice able my-family
One of reasons I was able to go to university was because of the sacrifices my family made.
turkeys vote lifetime
Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.
teacher thinking has-beens
I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.
mean becoming debt
Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.
mean home heart
Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.
perfection trying world
In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.
past opportunity needs
If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.
keys mobility acquisition
The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.
school needs clear
I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.
past years numbers
I notice that the number of cosmetic-surgery operations has risen by 34 per cent in the past year. Once we subtract Jordan, Jodie Marsh and Michael Jackson from those figures, we can see that demand overall may have stabilised.
believe people campaigns
I will ensure we honour the instructions the British people have given us. I argued for specific changes in the referendum campaign, I believe in them, I will deliver them.
mother daughter party
The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter.
teacher government discipline
When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.
past thinking talking
One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about.