Keir Starmer’s tuition fees U-turn ignores the real problem with the system
There’s no justification for a lifelong stealth tax on those graduates who weren’t old or wealthy enough to escape it.
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Rachel de Souza: “Big Tech knows it harms children – it should get serious”
The children’s commissioner on social media, porn and the mental health crisis in schools.
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Sunak’s misuse of statistics exposes the real “anti-maths mindset”
The last two years have seen high levels of governmental number-fudging.
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Letter of the week: In defence of higher education
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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Why universities are making us stupid
A managerial war is remaking and destroying our once-noble centres of higher education.
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Rishi Sunak can’t get away with neglecting childcare
The sector’s woes are more than an education issue, so the Prime Minister would be wise to heed his MPs’…
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Top private school fees exceed the UK’s median wage
Nine of the UK’s most prestigious private schools charge parents more than typical earnings of £33,000.
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