Bonfire of the humanities
With departments in decline, the English professor has become a risible figure in the British novel.
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For those graduating this summer: consider the generations to come
A university education gives you disproportionate freedom, power and potential. It’s a real responsibility.
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The Tories are waging war on students
Who on the Tory front bench would want their children to eschew university in favour of apprenticeships?
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The wrench of standing down as an MP – my dream job since childhood
Also this week: Celebrating Harlow’s rebirth, and memories of being cared for by Nurse Nadine Dorries.
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Seema Malhotra: The Tories are short-changing young people
The shadow skills minister on Labour's jobs agenda, reforming apprenticeships, and valuing creative subjects.
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The case for student salaries
Also this week: the unfairness of A-levels and ministers who say results don’t matter.
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Education’s inequality curse
Rishi Sunak has protected the status quo in schools and universities, as the gaps of privilege and geography grow ever…
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Universities are making us stupid
A managerial war is remaking and destroying our once-noble centres of higher education.
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Don’t blame teachers for university drop-out rates
The problem of young people struggling in higher education cannot be solved in the classroom alone.
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Labour forgets that not everyone goes to university
The party’s focus on tuition fees neglects half of young people – and its past success with apprenticeships.
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Why affirmative action failed
Higher education is not an adequate means to achieve a more just society.
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The attack on the humanities is snobbery dressed as realism
Our world-leading universities are in crisis, yet debate centres on “entitled” students who have the audacity to want to study…
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Rishi Sunak’s maths to 18 plan doesn’t add up
The policy doesn’t reflect voters’ priorities and there aren’t enough teachers to deliver it.
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You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education
Rishi Sunak has promised to scrap degrees that don't lead to high salaries — but low pay does not indicate…
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Since when is the point of an English degree getting a “highly skilled” job?
This government’s Gradgrindist education policies seem like a deliberate assault on independent thought.
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The new visa route for graduates is a con
How can it be portrayed as pro-immigration when it doesn’t recognise universities in Africa?
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Universities minister Michelle Donelan: “Young people are being conned into courses that don’t deliver”
Are the government’s radical reforms to higher education about protecting students or simply saving money?
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Exclusive: Majority of poorer pupils could be barred from university under loan rules
Entry requirements for student finance could block up to 55 per cent of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, the New Statesman…
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