The Green Room https://tonyjgreen.co.uk Thoughts on education and politics, dispatches from the workbench, and whatever else won't leave me alone until it's written down. McCloud https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/mccloud.html https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/mccloud.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sam McCloud, the cowboy lawman and property guru, rides again Chocs away! https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/chocs-away.html https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/chocs-away.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Some builds stall because of lack of skill, so go small Rupert! What further education colleges actually do for local economies https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/fe-colleges-local-economies.html https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/fe-colleges-local-economies.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Funding announcements come and go, but the case for FE rarely gets made in terms anyone outside the sector recognises. The apprenticeship levy still isn't doing what it was sold as https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/apprenticeship-levy.html https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/apprenticeship-levy.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every review of the levy reaches roughly the same conclusion, and roughly nothing changes. A decent bracket beats a clever print every time https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/decent-bracket.html https://tonyjgreen.co.uk/posts/decent-bracket.html Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The most useful thing the X2D has made me is a dozen small, boring, exactly-right brackets.