Nick HasseyThe worst three weeks of my lifeLast year, in the middle of the pandemic I became a parent for the first time. While the specific timings threw up a whole host of…14 min read·Dec 21, 2021----
Nick HasseyThe World Needs An Insurance PolicyThe coronavirus pandemic has shown the vast majority of the world wasn’t really ready for a pandemic, and the enormous costs involved in…3 min read·Dec 29, 2020----
Nick HasseyA short overview of three books (& one speech) that offer some interesting ideas on why we might be…The problem with growth, and why technology won’t save us3 min read·Nov 16, 2017----
Nick HasseyRegulation and ControlRegulation and bureaucrats get a bad rep. They are often attacked together by those who wish (or have tried) to reform government…5 min read·Sep 8, 2017----
Nick HasseySmall batch artisan research into grammar schoolsIn this round of the grammar debate there was a new approach taken by some propenents, who struck out on a slightly different tack to the…6 min read·Jun 25, 2017----
Nick HasseyIn the next few weeks Christmas comes early for education researchers with two international pupil…Most importantly, these are tests of pupils not education systems. That sounds like the same thing but isn’t, becuase underlying…4 min read·Nov 25, 2016----
Nick HasseyIt’s raining and I’m trying not to think of the US election so I thought I’d write about the call…Focusing on the first point, the report uses evidence from the Sutton Trust to talk of “missing talent” as a particular problem for…5 min read·Nov 8, 2016----