Podcast Ep. 59: Ukip Leadership Round 2, Child Refugee Checks & Too Many Graduates
This week we look at the Kippers’ second leadership contest in several months, a controversial proposal to check refugees’ age through their teeth, ...
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Podcast Ep. 35: #Brexit, Private School Dominance & Britain at the Eurovision
The coming EU referendum, a report on the dominance of the privately-educated and the, er, Eurovision Song Contest are the subjects three of this week’s p...
The Department for Education might allow Christian propaganda, but it doesn’t demand it
Much hullabaloo erupted on Monday over the education secretary Nicky Morgan’s policy update on religious teaching in schools, which swatted atheists aside...
Why Oxford University is the true birthplace of the Cameron government
Earlier today my brother, who is currently applying for university, remarked that Tony Blair’s government seemed to contain more graduates of Scottish uni...
Reading and maths more important in digital education than computer spend, says OECD
Reading and maths skills are proving more important in the emerging digital world than spending huge amounts on expensive computing, according to the rich count...