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Nicholas Tate

NICHOLAS TATE studied at the universities of Oxford, Bristol, and Liverpool, and has a doctorate in history. From 1994 to 2000 he was chief executive of the national bodies responsible for supervising England’s school curriculum, national tests, academic and vocational qualifications, and national occupational standards. In this capacity, he was chief adviser to both Conservative and Labour state secretaries for education. Since then, he has been head of independent schools in England and Switzerland, including eight years as director general of The International School of Geneva, and executive chairman of a global group of international schools. From 2000 to 2005, he was a member of the French minister of national education’s Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de l’école. He has written extensively on history and education, and in particular, on the history of educational thought, in What Is Education For? (2013) and The Conservative Case for Education (2017, translated into Hungarian in 2023 as Konzervatív iskola), and on international education.
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Nicholas Tate

NICHOLAS TATE studied at the universities of Oxford, Bristol, and Liverpool, and has a doctorate in history. From 1994 to 2000 he was chief executive of the national bodies responsible for supervising England’s school curriculum, national tests, academic and vocational qualifications, and national occupational standards. In this capacity, he was chief adviser to both Conservative and Labour state secretaries for education. Since then, he has been head of independent schools in England and Switzerland, including eight years as director general of The International School of Geneva, and executive chairman of a global group of international schools. From 2000 to 2005, he was a member of the French minister of national education’s Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de l’école. He has written extensively on history and education, and in particular, on the history of educational thought, in What Is Education For? (2013) and The Conservative Case for Education (2017, translated into Hungarian in 2023 as Konzervatív iskola), and on international education.
Juriaen Jacobsze, Allegory of Teaching (third quarter of the 17th century). National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Concept of a ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Year-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future?

‘Politically, however, it is not impossible for a state to decide that it would be better, both for children and for the country, to give schools freedom to develop educational
Claude Monet, The Pont de l'Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877). Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Elites and How They Should Be Educated

‘Ortega’s image of what members of his ideal elite should be like derives from his wider philosophy. His spells at German universities made him initially a fervent neo-Kantian who, seeing
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Nicholas Tate

NICHOLAS TATE studied at the universities of Oxford, Bristol, and Liverpool, and has a doctorate in history. From 1994 to 2000 he was chief executive of the national bodies responsible for supervising England’s school curriculum, national tests, academic and vocational qualifications, and national occupational standards. In this capacity, he was chief adviser to both Conservative and Labour state secretaries for education. Since then, he has been head of independent schools in England and Switzerland, including eight years as director general of The International School of Geneva, and executive chairman of a global group of international schools. From 2000 to 2005, he was a member of the French minister of national education’s Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de l’école. He has written extensively on history and education, and in particular, on the history of educational thought, in What Is Education For? (2013) and The Conservative Case for Education (2017, translated into Hungarian in 2023 as Konzervatív iskola), and on international education.
Picture of Nicholas Tate

Nicholas Tate

NICHOLAS TATE studied at the universities of Oxford, Bristol, and Liverpool, and has a doctorate in history. From 1994 to 2000 he was chief executive of the national bodies responsible for supervising England’s school curriculum, national tests, academic and vocational qualifications, and national occupational standards. In this capacity, he was chief adviser to both Conservative and Labour state secretaries for education. Since then, he has been head of independent schools in England and Switzerland, including eight years as director general of The International School of Geneva, and executive chairman of a global group of international schools. From 2000 to 2005, he was a member of the French minister of national education’s Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de l’école. He has written extensively on history and education, and in particular, on the history of educational thought, in What Is Education For? (2013) and The Conservative Case for Education (2017, translated into Hungarian in 2023 as Konzervatív iskola), and on international education.
The Concept of a ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Year-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future?
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

The Concept of a ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Year-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future?

‘Politically, however, it is not impossible for a state to decide that it would be better, both for children and for the country, to give schools freedom to develop educational approaches that follow liberal education principles, whether within the state system or outside it, especially if evidence can be gathered to show the beneficial effects it is having.’

Nicholas Tate
17.02.2025
Elites and How They Should Be Educated
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

Elites and How They Should Be Educated

‘Ortega’s image of what members of his ideal elite should be like derives from his wider philosophy. His spells at German universities made him initially a fervent neo-Kantian who, seeing the world through the lens of transcendental idealism, believed in the objective reality of the Platonic triad of truth, goodness, and beauty, and that this should form the basis of one’s life and education…’

Nicholas Tate
30.11.2024

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