And wider adoption of the Oxbridge model where most of the teaching is done by postgrads or specialist tutors rather than researchers. On Covid, I dimly recall meeting a chemistry student who'd … (View Post)

Mrs Thatcher was widely regarded as a lightweight until she gained ex officio bottom in Number 10. Kemi will benefit similarly. (View Post)

No, that is another problem and illustrates my earlier point that university is a finishing school, not a trade school. That is why there is an earnings premium to some universities rather than cours… (View Post)

The student loan system is yet another Osborne wheeze that has come back to bite the Tories on their donkey. (View Post)

That was always the case. For most students (and hence graduates) university is a finishing school, not a trade school. Our resident travel writer does not have combined honours in English and geogra… (View Post)