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Loans, university, and Britain’s debt-laden teenagers
Current funding of higher education in Britain places an unfair burden on the young.
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New series: liberalism in neoliberal times – dimensions, contradictions, limits
Today we launch a new series, curated by Goldsmiths in partnership with OurKingdom, on liberalism in neoliberal times. Liberalism was undoubtedly conceived as an emancipatory project, one which duly recognized the value and dignity of the individual.
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“Never again”: for an education toward critical self-reflection
The education system, recovering from economic crisis, increasingly obsesses itself with downsizing and rationalising, with “student learning outcomes” determined by test scores and the job market. Now, more than ever, we need to return to Adorno.
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An open letter to Nicky Morgan
A teacher in England writes anonymously to the UK’s new Secretary of State for Education.
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A quick response to Ellie Mae O’Hagan on British nationalism and Welsh language
Yes, we should learn various British languages in schools across Britain, but why stop with Welsh?
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Glasgow University recommendation to stop investing in fossil fuels is an important step into the future
Glasgow has become the first university in the UK to move towards divesting from fossil fuels. This is a major step forward for the UK’s climate movement.
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Gove’s own Operation Trojan Horse: the privatisation of our schools
Yesterday education minister Michael Gove was demoted to the post of chief whip. His covert privatisation of schools across England goes on.
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The ‘women-in-STEM-wash’: diversity in science appropriated for corporate branding
Although female participation in science and engineering has won recent high-profile victories, the appropriation of diversity for corporate branding and neoliberal agendas is creating the gender equivalent of green-washing
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Academies and the neoliberal project: the lessons and costs of the conveyor belt
Having studied one of Britain’s flagship academies it seems that their good results may come at a high social cost – something the media talks far less about…
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Indefinite strike at Lambeth College as the Cinderella sector is squeezed out again
A rolling strike at a London college is part of the defence against a broader attack on a vital but much ignored part of Britain’s education system.
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