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Leader: Cameron was right to shame Oxford over black students
The Prime Minister's rhetoric is commendable. But it must be supported by policy.
It’s an education, all right
British universities now see themselves as companies, and students are the losers.
“A child is supposed to love learning”
Katharine Birbalsingh made her name when she wowed the Conservative Party conference last October. Here, she discusses free schools, standards and “black failure”.
On being mixed-race
I grew up thinking of myself as equally English and Pakistani, writes Samira Shackle. Was I wrong?
Don't play politics with academic freedom
By encouraging research on the "big society", the Arts and Humanities Research Council sets a dangerous precedent.
Gove’s EMA replacement will not work
The Education Secretary’s “bursary scheme” is inadequate and ineffective.
The government’s university policy doesn’t add up
The coalition’s higher education reforms are unnecessary, unfair and incompetent.
You want a good degree? Pay up
The only universities not charging the maximum amount for top-up fees are among the worst in the country.
Comprehensive shouldn’t mean incomprehensible
Jamie’s Dream School, the TV programme currently trying to inspire school “failures”, could be a reality if schools ditched the meaningless jargon and concentrated on getting children interested.
Theatre of conflict
Playwrights such as Arnold Wesker were a serious political force in the postwar years. We urgently need writers who can tackle the Cameron era.
Why the issue of tuition fees will not go away
The shame of Britain’s universities
In defence of the handwritten exam
Sound clash of the thinkers! It’s de Botton v Skidelsky
Michael Chanan's video blog: We Will not Pay
Everything Michael Gove touches turns to dust
NUS president will not seek re-election
Facebook’s $1.6bn woman
A witch-hunt?
Osborne's woes
Marr's monarchism
The interview
On Syria
The interview
GOP race so far
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