education

  • Are UK Universities Racist?
    20th September 2011

    A spate of disturbing stories regarding racism in UK higher education has recently hit the headlines. We look more closely at the incidents and consider the problem of racism at UK universities.

  • Should Schools Bring Back Corporal Punishment?
    16th September 2011

    A surprising survey this week revealed that almost half of parents and an astonishing number of pupils would like to see corporal punishment or caning brought back to the British classroom.

  • Tuition Fees Loan Scheme ‘Crazy’
    09th September 2011

    A new report from a highly respected think tank has branded government plans to penalise early repayment of student loans ‘crazy’. The think tank, CentreForum, claims hard working middle-income graduates will be hit by the scheme.

  • UK Tops World University Rankings
    06th September 2011

    A new table published this week ranks Cambridge University as the very best in the world, but the creator of the rankings warned that bad news is swiftly to follow for UK higher education…

  • ‘Soft’ Subjects on the Rise
    30th August 2011

    As the dust clears from this year’s bumper crop of GCSE results, more statistics come to light about the popularity of traditional academic subjects. Some trends are very surprising indeed…

  • GCSE Gender Gap Widens
    25th August 2011

    As the gender gap in GCSE grades widens for yet another year in a row, we take a closer look at the figures and ask what causes could be behind the discrepancy.

  • Report Claims Tuition Fees Unfair and Unworkable
    22nd August 2011

    The long-awaited Higher Education Policy Institute response to the government’s white paper on higher education has arrived, and it isn’t pretty. We summarise its condemnation of the new tuition fees policy and the damning predictions for the damage to be caused to social mobility and fair access to education.

  • A Level Results Chaos
    19th August 2011

    With UCAS websites crashing and the clearing system inundated with calls, this year’s A-level results day ran less than smoothly. One can only wonder what chaos will be in store next year, when varied tuition fees and financial arrangements are thrown into the mix…