Reforms should hit exploitative universities instead of poor students
Pupils who flunk their GCSEs are too often funnelled on to expensive degrees that will be of no benefit to…
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Why women should pay half for university (and economists should pay double)
What universities don’t tell prospective students is that their courses differ wildly in value depending on what you study –…
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How the poorest school pupils have lost the most funding
The most disadvantaged primary schools lost money while those in prosperous areas gained it.
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Childcare costs put mothers in a bind, but free daycare may not be the best way out of it
Getting mothers of preschoolers back to work as soon as possible does not seem to me an unambiguously feminist development.
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Why it’s time to free schools from the tyranny of Ofsted
Let’s use this moment, when the pandemic is making us rethink so many aspects of how our lives and society…
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If Rod Liddle has the right to lecture Durham students about sex work, where’s my invitation to talk about cats?
After students were condemned for walking out of a surprise dinner talk by the controversial right-wing columnist, I have some…
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The SNP is shutting its eyes to the crisis in Scottish schools
After a prolonged period of lockdown and home-learning, the Covid hangover is being felt everywhere. What have education ministers and…
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What is the new University of Austin for?
A new university founded by Bari Weiss, Steven Pinker and others offers itself as the antidote to “cancel culture”.
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