How can universities support students to work harder?

By Edward Acton. A new generation of ‘dual-intensive’ universities can do the job, argues Edward Acton. How many people actually work at the Bank of England?” went the question when I was a trainee there in the 1970s, the answer being: “About half.” That jibe has often run through my mind as evidence has mounted of a sharp decline in the academic effort required of UK undergraduates. Read more...