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| Name: |
Charles Clarke M.P. |
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A Vision for Successful e-Learning
in Schools |
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Tuesday, 18 May 2004. |
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11.15 –11.45 |
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Charles Clarke was appointed
Secretary of State for Education and Skills in October
2002.
Educated at Highgate School, London, Charles Clarke read
mathematics and economics at Kings College Cambridge,
graduating BA (Hons). He was President of the National
Union of Students from 1975 to 1977. Born in 1950, Mr
Clarke was married in 1984. He and his wife Carol have
two sons.
Charles Clarke gained extensive experience of local government
in the London Borough of Hackney where he was chair of
the housing committee and vice chair of economic development
between 1980 and 1986. He worked as a researcher and then
Chief of Staff to former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock
from 1981 to 1992. From 1992 to 1997 Mr Clarke was chief
executive of Quality Public Affairs, a public affairs
management consultancy, before his election as a Member
of Parliament. He has been MP for Norwich South since
1997.
Mr Clarke was made Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
for School Standards in July 1998. He was appointed Minister
of State at the Home Office on 29 July 1999 and became
Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair in July
2001. He is also a member of the Joint Committee on House
of Lords reform. |
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