Lots of other OECD countries have moved to sending half their population or more to university. Seems to work fine, or better than fine, for them. Conflict of interest statement: They pay my wages. W… (View Post)

I went to a great lecture about how to get a gold medal in the Olympics. (I can be topical!) It said gold medallists had usually started taking a sport seriously at a young age, but the choice of spo… (View Post)

It's also pretty inconceivable that the LbDems would have the option of putting the Tories into No. 10! When was the last poll that predicted that Con + LD would have a majority in the Commons? (View Post)

These things already exist. There are lots of free MOOCs (so, online teaching with the lowest possible price and no barrier to entry) from top universities, e.g. https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free … (View Post)

Eight MPs (View Post)