By focussing so heavily on the old North v South chestnut, we risk missing another major area of inequality that is costing the country.
Daily Briefing: Local lockdowns – and disproportionate learning loss in the north – have deepened the attainment gap.
Narrow assessment criteria are stifling potential and squeezing out important soft skills. Steve Coulter of the Tony Blair Institute sets out how to fix this.
As teenagers up and down the country celebrate and commiserate their A-level results, the number of students missing out on a university place has hit the highest level in a decade.
We’re about to enter six weeks in which countless children will be trapped by the lure of the slim rectangle in their pocket. That should give us pause for thought.
Boosting the numbers of youngsters in technical and practical roles is the only way to plug the country’s skills deficit.
The course, which blends rigorous analysis with creativity, is being tarred with the same brush as actual “Mickey Mouse” courses.
An alarming new study reveals cancel culture to be far more popular on campus than six years ago.
Girls are now taking more STEM subjects than boys at A-level and maths is the third most popular choice for female students.
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