Censoring university reading lists is crude and condescending
“Offence” isn’t the only way to measure the worth of literature.
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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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Liz Truss’s Oxbridge plan is truly baffling
Our education system is in crisis – and this is her priority?
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Latin and Greek are not just for the elite
Studying classics has many values, not least helping you spot when charlatan politicians cover their deficiencies with Cicero quotes.
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In defence of Mickey Mouse degrees
In the current thinking, my drama degree is deemed to have failed me.
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It’s not Oxbridge or nothing
Elitist institutions hold us back from real equality.
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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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How universities can level up the UK
Higher education is key for economic development and reaching net zero
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Stop acting like private school pupils “own” Oxbridge places
Private school heads demand that university places be awarded on merit alone when they are the ones that have had…
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Tony Blair is right: more people should go on to higher education
Rather than trying to limit the number who enter university, we should focus on making it more effective.
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UK students set for largest-ever drop in living standards
Students starting courses this year face a real-terms cut in support of 7 per cent.
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There’s a problem with university culture – but it isn’t the students
Do the grown-ups decrying today’s students really believe they never did anything when they were young that would have caused…
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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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Reforms should hit exploitative universities instead of poor students
Pupils who flunk their GCSEs are too often funnelled on to expensive degrees that will be of no benefit to…
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The real reason students market their trauma in university applications
We’re forced to create stories where poverty is not a structural phenomenon, but an obstacle on a personal journey.
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The Conservatives’ war on the humanities will hurt working-class students
In the name of “anti-elitist” politics, Britain’s cultural landscape will likely become even more middle class.
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Kathleen Stock and Sussex University: the war over academic freedom
How a campus trans row ended in protests, a police investigation – and a debate over the future of free…
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The great university con: how the British degree lost its value
Never before has Britain had so many qualified graduates. And never before have their qualifications amounted to so little.
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