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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Amid NHS staff shortages, the UK reintroduces cap on medical students
The number of medicine and dentistry students will go down to pre-pandemic levels this year.
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Why we need to scrap GCSEs
After decades of dithering, politicians must provide young people with the modern education they deserve.
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In defence of GCSEs and A-levels
Tony Blair was wrong – exams are the best form of assessment we’ve got.
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International students aren’t the problem, higher education is underfunded
Caps on foreign students won’t work.
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A-level results: Mapping England’s grade gap
Levelling up appears to be doing little to solve inequality in achievement.
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It’s time to scrap predicted A-level grades
There’s only one solution to this results day disappointment.
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How the British university degree lost its value – Audio Long Reads
Never before has Britain had so many qualified graduates. And never before have their qualifications amounted to so little.
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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…
ByThe 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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