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The long road from welfare to work
Will the government’s proposals to change the way training providers are paid really help solve the UK’s youth unemployment problem?
Academies shy away from 'hard' subjects
High proportion of pupils at flagship schools taking vocational exams.
More than a job
Can apprenticeships meet the needs of industry as well as promoting larger ideals of social justice?
Less really would be more
The skills sector is unwieldy, complex, vital to the country's future and desperately in need of reform
Money worries
With Con-Lib austerity cuts looming, it's hard to know what the future holds for learning
Invest in change
In these time of constrained public spending, the UK should learn from Germany and Korea
Being human
A liberal arts education is about much more than quick financial gain, as J S Mill knew –– it is a vital tool for building a free, open and democratic society of enlightened and engaged citizens.
Philosophers united against cuts
Students and academics meet at Institute of Contemporary Arts to discuss university department closures.
High school miserable
Our political parties have been seduced by US charter schools. But are they any good? And do they make children happier?
The NS Interview: Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society
I can’t get religious about the Book
Should creationism be taught in British classrooms?
The lost boys aren’t just in my head
It’s life, gym, but not as we know it
The return of Britain’s lynch mob
Stuck in the middle with youth
The law of unintended consequences
Alan B'Stard
Time for an English Labour Party
Blair and the workers
Keep spending
Gainsbourg
Condemns Israel
Gay jokes and the coalition
Save UK film!
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