William Hague will find Oxford very different to when he left it
Part of an era of pseudo-aristocratic excess, Hague is becoming chancellor of an intensely politicised and class-conscious university.
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The intolerant age
How creeping censorship captured Britain’s institutions.
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To break down barriers to opportunity, education must be central
Investing in a child’s schooling improves nearly every aspect of their future.
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How racist are British schools?
Kalwant Bhopal presents school as a terrible place to be an ethnic minority in her book Race and Education. The…
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The decline of the US public school
The latest instalment of BBC Radio Four’s Crossing Continents series explores the rejection of public education in Arizona.
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Britain’s exam delusion
Assessment has eclipsed learning in an education system that fails students and worsens inequality.
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Under the SNP, Scottish education has become a national embarrassment
Our schools have been the victims of Holyrood's political factionalism.
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Bonfire of the humanities
With departments in decline, the English professor has become a risible figure in the British novel.
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