Education
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?
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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
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Welcome to the land of failing upwards
As Putin’s invasion of Ukraine reached its first week, it was announced that Gavin Williamson has received a knighthood. The government have shown Britain to be a country where you can be a jack of all trades, master of failing up
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Chaos on campus: How students are being failed by the government
England’s higher education sector is supposed to be a success story. So why does it feel like it is in such disarray?
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UK universities have passed the challenge of Brexit and Covid
The pandemic produced apocalyptic warnings about higher education in the
UK. In fact, its future is looking a lot brighter than predicted.
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Our PM demonstrates why Latin lessons plan is a bad idea
Just take a look at the cabinet to see how a focus on Latin, classics and PPE [Philosophy, Politics and Economics] in schools and universities does not guarantee success
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Clouding our own horizons
After the death of the scheme’s creator, Erasmus graduate JACK ARSCOTT describes his mind-altering university experiences and why they should not be denied to others Erasmus of Rotterdam is buried in the red sandstone cathedral in Basel, a Swiss city with regional bus lines connecting it with France and Germany and an excavated Roman town […]