Half of UK workers believe a regional accent and a working class background are barriers to success, according to a new study that revealed working class representation in leadership roles is as low as 17%. More...
Vocational education in the UK has always been seen as essentially for ‘other people’s children’, writes Michael Pyke, and Bernard Godding of the Educational Centres Association reflects on its role in addressing disadvantage. More...
The Glasgow School of Art was a masterpiece, but promises to build a reproduction are premature. More...
Universities must ditch the crystal ball – as it stands, the admissions process is failing disadvantaged students. More...
Three former addicts tell their stories of gambling at university – and explain what can be done to prevent more young people falling into the trap. More...
I’m happy to have found secure work, but now I’m inside the university system I can see clearly how exploitative it is. More...
We asked you to share your end-of-year artwork. Here is a small selection of the hundreds of contributions we’ve received so far. More...
To rebuild Mackintosh’s great work would be a long and costly project. But the School of Art has a place in the city’s heart. More...
Academic at the centre of bitter racial-profiling row involving college porters gives the Observer a walking tour to illustrate the problems she says she encounters. More...
More people in 2017 applied to appear on the ITV reality show than to attend Oxford or Cambridge. Here is a cost-benefit analysis for potential applicants. More...
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