Apprenticeships remain a university alternative in name only for too many young people
New research shows that those who do the best apprenticeships will earn higher salaries than graduates, but government targets undermine the quality…
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Why is Jeremy Corbyn proposing a tax cut for the rich?
Unpicking the new Labour leader’s regressive tuition fees policy.
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Education should not be a competition in which children are pitted against one another
A false choice between having your child be the oldest in their year or the youngest is no kind of…
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Goodbye to Terry Pratchett, the only writer who ever truly conquered my inner cynic
Finishing The Shepherd’s Crown was a double sadness: not just goodbye to Terry Pratchett, but goodbye to a younger, less cynical…
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Far from helping students, fines for resits will make things worse
Teachers and pupils alike will feel the pressure if a new scheme goes through, warns Joe Fell.
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Are we witnessing the death of the sixth form college?
My sixth form was transformational for me, and I’m not alone, says Christobel Hastings.
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It is now fashionable to decry university as a waste of money – but it’s still worth it
The cost of university remains a price worth paying.
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Why do white working-class kids do so badly?
Eighty-three per cent of Chinese pupils on free school meals achieve five Cs or above in their GCSEs, yet just…
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