Elite universities are not instinctively biased against disadvantaged children but must do more to improve access, the UK’s education secretary has said. More...
31 juillet 2018
Universities want ‘bums on seats’ because you created a market, minister
The rise in unconditional offers has upset the universities minister. Perhaps he should speak to his colleagues about it. More...
UK student satisfaction continues to fall amid debt and strikes
The national student survey (NSS), which recorded the views of 340,000 people studying at 400 universities and colleges across the UK, found 83% were satisfied with their course, below the 84% recorded in 2017 and 86% in 2016. More...
If we want to build trust in society, a new treason law is no way to do it
Does the crime of treason have any meaning today? A new report from the Policy Exchange thinktank, Aiding the Enemy, insists that it does. Britain’s current laws on treason are unfit for purpose and should be updated. An updated law, it suggests, would be particularly useful as a weapon against jihadists. More...
Should student customers give it all up for the Love Island lottery?
The number of students receiving unconditional offers for university places has, we are told, rocketed this year (Sharp rise in unconditional offers prompts calls for reform at universities, 26 July). The decline in the quality of British universities in the independent international ratings tables can be traced back to Tony Blair’s totally irrational ideological decision to get 50% of our young people into university. More...
#MeToo on campus: UK universities investigate sexual assaults themselves
As more women speak up over sexual violence, universities are cracking down on ‘lad culture’. More...
Education secretary: elite universities must improve access
Student loan repayment income 'undervalued by £600m'
A clash between the Department for Education and the Treasury over how to value the government’s student loans portfolio may have led to more than £600m in income from future loan repayments being overlooked, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. More...
Dog-eat-dog culture is bad for students’ mental health
Your article about “perfectionism” and young people in higher education (G2, 17 July) notes, but nimbly skips over, the clear link between neoliberal dog-eat-dog individualism and the psychological horrors suffered by unfortunate millennials who have never known anything but rabid destructive competition. More...
Manchester University students paint over Rudyard Kipling mural
Students at the University of Manchester have painted over a mural of a poem by Rudyard Kipling, arguing that the writer “dehumanised people of colour”. More...
Why do black male graduates earn £7,000 less per year than their white peers?
Black men face many barriers when it comes to finding a well-paid job. But the truth is that racism cannot be overcome by amassing more qualifications. More...
