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Category Archives: Education
AC Grayling is proof that you can be very clever and very stupid at the same time
At first, I wasn’t sure if there was any point to adding to the deluge of blog posts about AC Grayling’s plan for a new “elite” university. Enough pixels have been wasted on The New College of the Humanities than … Continue reading
Nick Clegg’s Social Mobility Strategy: targeting the wrong thing in the wrong way for the wrong reasons.
“It’s the law of inverse relevance. The less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it.” – Sir Arnold Robinson, Yes Minister. Nick Clegg has launched a social mobility strategy. A hefty report was … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged Coalition, Inequality, Lib Dems, Nick Clegg, Social Mobility, Yes Minister
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Hey Porter, will you tell me the time? Time to go, actually*
* with apologies to Johnny Cash. It would not have been an easy year for anyone to have been President of the NUS. Aaron Porter has certainly had a difficult time of it, and there will doubtless be plenty of … Continue reading
What implications will raising tuition fees have for current students?
An article I’ve written for Graduates Anonymous, about the impact of the tuition fee rises on current students. First, the good news. The amount that current students will pay for university remains unchanged. Changes to university fees won’t actually come … Continue reading
Some tuition fees number crunching
On the day MPs were deciding whether they should vote to raise the cap on tuition fees to £9000 per year, Nick Clegg said that students should look more carefully at the proposals to tuition fee funding before protesting against … Continue reading
The Liberal Democrats: An Obituary
In affectionate remembrance of THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS Who died at the House of Commons ON THURSDAY 9 DECEMBER 2010, at 5.41pm. Deeply lamented by a small circle of grieving friends and acquaintences (although loathed by many more) R.I.P N.B. The … Continue reading
Nick Clegg makes a tin of spam look like a calculating political genius
In one sense, Nick Clegg has kept his word. I know, I can’t believe I’ve just written that sentence either. In an article for The Times specifiying the priorities the Lib Dems would have when brokering a deal to enter … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged Chris Davies, Coalition, Fees, Lib Dems, Nick Clegg, University, Vince Cable
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You can’t condone the violence, but you can understand it
Some of my friends sit around every evening And they worry about the times ahead But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference And the promise of an early bed You either shut up or get cut up, they don’t wanna … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged Conservatives, Johann Hari, Labour, Lib Dems, Nick Clegg, Riots
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Seriously Browned Off
If more evidence were needed that the word “progressive” should be expunged from political discourse, look no further than the government’s response to the Browne review. Both senior Tories and Lib Dems have said they agree with the thrust of … Continue reading
What exactly is the point of a graduate tax?
Vince Cable has argued in favour of a graduate tax. So has Ed Miliband. Both see it as a fairer alternative to the current system. Under the current system: If you’re starting a full-time higher education course, the main types … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education
Tagged Ed Miliband, Fees, Graduate Tax, University, Vince Cable
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