Wonderful Scottish joke: A minister in Dumfries was preaching on the text of 'love thy neighbour.' 'Who is our neighbour? Our neighbour is the Turk, the Mussulman, the Chinaman, the Fr… (View Post)

Now that is a sensible approach. From all I hear, it's not quite the same now (although I only really hear rumours) but it's what would work if we had a centre willing to let go. To give a … (View Post)

Again, league tables. If you don't show passes in key subjects as a private school, you don't attract children. Ironically, if you don't get numbers into Oxbridge it hurts you in the i… (View Post)

I imagine that most of them are quite elderly? Until the mid 90s it was usual as an academic to walk into a job and stay there. That is no longer the case. The pace is hotter, the rewards are less, a… (View Post)

Yes, that is true to an extent, although even at the top end there is scope for some. I used to teach in a girls' grammar where logically it should have been impossible to have high value added … (View Post)