And yet we have had 30 years of following a policy of attempting to send 50% to university and have seen no real tangible benefits in terms of increased economic growth nor happier, better developed … (View Post)

I got a CSE grade 2 in French - basically equivalent to a D or E at O level. And yet I speak both French and Norwegian well enough to work in those countries - and in the case of France to teach spec… (View Post)

It depends on what you want University to do. Given that we have spent a lot of time cutting alternatives to University such as apprenticeships I would suggest it has done as much harm as good. And w… (View Post)

Well if they had shares in oil then they were being bloody stupid donating to Labour. The regret will have been very rapid I suspect. (View Post)

We had it right when less than 10% went to University. Unfortunatly Major and Blair both saw increasing University numbers as a way of getting youth unemployment numbers down. They also failed to und… (View Post)