Wednesday night’s BBC 2 programme, Generation Gifted, followed six extremely bright, 13-year-old pupils from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds and the challenges they face to make the most of their abilities. One passage […]
“Cherwell“, the Oxford University student paper named after a local river, is one of the oldest student publications in the UK, dating back to 1920 – so it was around […]
As the SKWAWKBOX published earlier today, Tory-supporting Toby Young has been appointed by the government to the board of the new universities regulator, to the outrage and dismay of the […]
The bizarre and sinister letter sent by Tory MP and whip Chris Heaton-Harris to universities, demanding that they disclose the names of professors teaching Brexit as part of European studies […]
The BBC’s – and Tory – journalist Nick Robinson has given a talk blaming the independent media’s ‘guerilla war’ and ‘social media bubble’ for the collapse of public trust in […]
The Conservatives’ Facebook page has posted a boast about an increase in the number of students from a disadvantaged background going to university. They were lying: As Facebook user Mark […]
There was a remarkable admission in Saturday’s Telegraph. One that many of us have intuited for a long time but never expected to see simply admitted by those behind the […]
Lifelong Tory voter Anthony O’Toole went with his Labour-supporting sister to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak during his campaign visit to West Kirby in the north-west of England on Saturday afternoon. […]
This is the news every young person starting university this autumn has been hoping for. The decision ordinary people instinctively know is right. The one Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters could feel […]
The NUT’s ‘schoolcuts‘ site has seen huge traffic before and during this election campaign, increasing even more sharply when Labour announced its education policies and resulting in previously Tory voters […]