May I have a word about… the not-so insightful language of academe
When it comes to the mangling of English, political psychologists reign supremeMy beleaguered and battered Brexit brethren, I would like to bring you...
UK public pays high price for private schools
The private school system allows the wealthiest to benefit at the expense of the majority, says Michael PykeIt is ridiculously inappropriate to compare “luxury homes,...
Parenting in Manhattan is a Darwinian struggle
A slew of new books treats child-raising like another branch of economics that only the fittest will surviveShould we raise children the way...
‘Universities stamp out creativity’: are graduates ready for work?
Universities are changing the way they teach to prepare students for a future in which lots of jobs will be automatedAfew numbers are...
Two state Steiner schools face possible closure or takeover
Schools in Bristol and Frome receive termination warning notices after being rated as inadequate by OfstedTwo Steiner state schools in the west of England...
‘It’s not about my school’: teacher’s TV drama depicts stress in class
Adam Simpson, head of English at a Cheshire school, explains how he combines full-time teaching with part-time writing“ONOMATO PO E.I.A. BOOM!, ONOMATO PO E.I.A....
Mental health: the students who helped themselves when help was too slow coming
With conventional services overstretched, teenagers in the Cumbria coastal town of Maryport teamed up to assist their peersLast year, Molly Robinson, 15, was...
What is the point of higher education if it doesn’t make people happy?
Forcing universities to compete with each other is a bad idea. What we need is a Teaching Happiness FrameworkIn The Methods of Ethics,...
Cambridge doesn’t need a £100m gift but other universities do
Readers respond to news that the University of Cambridge is receiving a £100m gift from the financier David HardingIn choosing to contrast Birkbeck...
Don’t back down on LGBT guidance, faith leaders urge DfE
Some faith communities have rejected draft guidance for independent schoolsMore than 50 faith leaders, education experts and rights advocates have said young LGBT people...
