As part of the oral evidence session with the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, the UK Parliament’s Education Select Committee used Twitter to reflect the publics’ main concerns about education in the UK. They asked one question: ‘What one education policy question do you think the committee should ask Michael Gove?’ and respondents were asked to use the hashtag ‘ AskGove’ in their response (Figure 15). The committee received 5,081 responses in five days, the majority of which were substantive ques- tions on education policy. The most popular topics included the curriculum, the status and morale of the school workforce, special.
