Education
Our broken benefits system leaves 28% of children in poverty. But who’s going to fix it?
The Tories treat being poor as a fact of life for many. Labour can’t do the same
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Germansplaining: We are failing our children
The way the country is neglecting the younger generations amounts to criminal negligence
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The Turing Scheme is no replacement for Erasmus
The Young European Movement has launched a campaign urging the UK government to rejoin the EU’s study-abroad project
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British evangelicals want to control our schools
A new crop of hardline Christian fundamentalists think they should decide what’s taught in British classrooms. They’re just as sinister as their US counterparts
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When education is broken, why is Starmer making planning his top priority?
It’s hard to look at all the problems facing the UK today and conclude that the planning system is key to putting them right
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Students have turned their backs on Europe
Minefields of form-filling and red tape are deterring students from European exchanges
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Westminster’s back-to-school omnishambles
London’s school-run traffic is reminiscent of a Tory government that takes a long time to get nowhere
Education
Our schoolchildren must get used to hard sums, hard exams and hard hats
Parents all across the country will be bursting with pride as they wave their children off to school with their new uniforms, stationery and industrial safety equipment
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What’s the government’s approach to investment in schools?
Education
Brexit is killing off the school trip. It’s costing millions and hurting children
The government has denied today’s youngsters the invaluable opportunities those exchanges afforded
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Sunak’s ‘rip-off degree’ war deserves a first-class diploma in missing the point
Sunak's fantasy economics ignore the fact that we need a more skilled workforce and capping arts degree numbers won't solve this
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The charitable status of private schools must end – it’s rigging the game for the rich
The measure will raise £1.3bn a year and help make Britain more fair
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Katharine Birbalsingh: Lessons for an empty head
“Britain’s strictest teacher” is a bizarre cosplay act for those who believe everything was better in the 1950s
Education
Everyday Philosophy: How to spot a bigot
The term used to describe those typically offensive to religious or racial groups is thrown around too often in contemporary societies
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Britain is paying for Eton’s mess
A small number of eye-wateringly expensive private schools are ruining Britain – and one stands out from the rest
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Everyday Philosophy: How best to educate our children
Teaching philosophy in the classroom can help better prepare younger generations for later life
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: We need to broaden the political gene pool
If we are serious about levelling up, we need to ensure all children have a voice
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Are students as radical as we think?
A night at Edinburgh University offers a glimpse of Gen Z’s political future
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We don’t need no education
From school trips to language schools to universities, Brexit has brought chaos to a sector that led the world
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The Groucho Marx approach to levelling up
I am #StateSchoolProud. Hopefully, Groucho would approve, as would those who are genuinely committed to "levelling up"
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Post-Brexit, UK universities have lost their shine for Europe’s scholars
The number of EU students enrolling has dropped by more than half
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Nothing really adds up in little Rishi’s big maths test
Do the government really want a highly numerate populace when their own numbers aren't especially strong?
Education
Tory Maths revisited (being crystal clear…)
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: The “top” private schools are a big part of what’s wrong with Britain
They drive inequality, entrench the outmoded attitudes about our past and hold back the natural talents outside the gilded circles of wealth and privilege
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Royalists and republicans both deserve to be heard
Our society needs a more measured approach, writes one reader
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What Preston taught New York City
An idea that originated in the Basque country seems to be catching on
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Why A-levels are failing Britain
A proper baccalaureate – not the ones peddled by Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak – is fairer and would be a real sign of levelling up
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I’m a woman living in Kabul. Here’s how my life has changed after a year of Taliban rule
I was planning to take a degree in law and work as a lawyer or a judge. Now my dreams and goals are lost
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Will Britain’s replacement for an EU student scheme make the grade?
The jury is out on Britain’s scheme to help students study overseas
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Shakespeare’s isle is hoist by its own Brexit petard as language students turn away
Brought to its knees by Covid, the UK’s travel and tourism industry is now beginning to feel the full force of Brexit as border restrictions and the end of the VAT reclaim scheme look set to deter thousands of Europeans and others
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A safer, fairer world can happen if we teach our children how to build it
Our 19th-century education system is broken and must be replaced by one that teaches young people to be citizens of everywhere
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Eton, we have a problem
Public schools produced the prime minister and 64% of his shoddy cabinet. Finland, where all education is free, shames our system. It’s time for a change