Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

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Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone

Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone PC (born September 27, 1942 ) is a British politician ( Labor Party ).

life and career

Blackstone attended the Ware Grammar School for Girls and the London School of Economics and Political Science , from which she graduated with a PhD. Her academic career began at what was formerly Enfield College (now Middlesex University ) before becoming a LSE lecturer and professor at the University of London's Institute of Education .

Blackstone was named a Life Peer as Baroness Blackstone , of Stoke Newington in the County of Greater London in 1987. She was Chair of the BBC General Advisory Council from 1987 to 1991 . She was a founding member and from 1988 to 1997 chairwoman of the Institute for Public Policy Research .

She headed Birkbeck College, University of London for over a decade as principal (from 1987 to 1997) until her appointment to the Labor government.

Baroness Blackstone was the opposition spokeswoman for education and science from 1988 to 1996 and finance from 1990 to 1991. From 1990 to 1992 she was the leading opposition spokesperson for education and science. From 1992 to 1996 she was the opposition spokesperson for trade and industry. From 1992 to 1997 she held the position of chief opposition spokeswoman for foreign affairs. From 1997 to 2001 she was Minister of State for Education and Employment. She was also Minister of State for the Arts from 2001 to 2003.

Publications

  • Disadvantage and Education with Jo Mortimore (Heinemann, 1982)
  • Race Relations in Britain with Bhikhu Parekh and Peter Saunders (Routledge, 1997)
  • Tessa Blackstone: The State of the Nation: The Political Legacy of Aneurin Bevan . Ed .: Geoffrey Goodman. Gollancz, London 1997, ISBN 0-575-06308-4 , The Boy Who Threw an Inkwell: Bevan and Education, pp. 156-178 .

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personal data
SURNAME Blackstone, Tessa, Baroness Blackstone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blackstone, Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness Blackstone (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1942