The politician also urged the party to produce a new statement of aims and values that set out a clear model of justice explaining how society should be organised.
Elected as leader that July, Blair saved the bombshell in his debut conference speech to the very end when he declared an intention to rewrite Clause IV of the party's constitution, with its historic commitment to mass nationalisation, and introduce a new statement of aims and values that would dedicate the party "to the many not the few".
But they face a threat from the Tories under their new leader, David Cameron, that is unlike anything they have experienced.This week, Mr Cameron published a statement of "aims and values" for what he calls a "modern, compassionate Conservative Party", inviting party members to vote on it.
They eventually settled on a new "statement of aims" that stressed values, rather than religious goal statements, and instituted a more internationalized curriculum, a new Women's Studies Program, and an International Business major; the faculty senate also introduced a new academic calendar with three 10.5-week terms.
Clear statement of aim AND objectives including research questions.
Mr. Otunnu, who has met government officials and rebel leaders involved in wars in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Sierra Leone and Colombia, is struck by the dissonance between their lofty statements of their aims and the brutality around them.
As it is, statements of curricular aims are no more than high-sounding mission statements.
2. Introduction and aims: Was there a good background and clear statement of the aims of the research?
It is appropriate to express high expectations in a statement of curriculum aims, but schools will need time and support to develop their teaching to reach those aims".
