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What’s education for, privilege or meritocracy?
A British composer and educator asks whether individual effort can really counter structural privilege in the long run.
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Trojan Horse – conjuring the slave, the witch and the grand inquisitor
Stories of allegations of the Islamification and radicalisation in Muslim-majority schools in Birmingham play on classic Islamophobic tropes.
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Sexual harassment in UK schools
Sexual bullying in the classroom rarely makes the headlines. But one in three 16-18 year old girls in the UK have experienced unwanted sexual touching at school. What does this tacit acceptance of harassment teach our children?
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Why we should all be alarmed about our new university “businesses” and their enforcers
As has become clear, the universities are colluding with police and even the unions to clamp down on student protest and workers’ demands. There is a common strand that links these elements, and the overall picture is deeply alarming.
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Seldon’s proposals for school reform are fundamentally flawed
The British education system reflects long-standing social division. A recent Social Market Foundation paper proposes reforms combining variations of previous attempts with radical mercerization of state education.
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The unspoken atrocity of standardized education
As the corporate takeover of public education proceeds in the US and other countries, schools cease to be training grounds for social transformation.
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Combating racism at an English university: I, Too, Am Oxford
‘Student experience’ is not just about teaching and learning, assessment and feedback.
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Lower aspirations for higher education
Since 2012 and the increase in university fees, effectively to £9,000 a year, there has been a steady erosion of logic in the debate about universities, their funding and the fundamental purpose of a university education.
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Universities must resist the military industrial complex
Health professionals call upon British universities to take an ethical approach to research funding.
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Barnfield College ‘wrongly claimed’ £1m of funding
Barnfield Federation, which runs Barnfield College in Luton, Bedfordshire, is being investigated over claims of financial mismanagement.
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