Leeds Council is planning to launch a special, fee-free school in Headingley. The new establishment would be called the Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC) and it would substitute the current Grammar School at Rose Court, […]
Politics Should Be at the Centre of Our Curriculum
Politics degrees have experienced a significant increase in popularity: UCAS figures have revealed that applications shot up from 34,275 in 2013 to 47,445 in 2018. In those five years, the UK has had two General […]
Exhibition Celebrates 150 Years of Female Students at Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is opening an exhibition commemorating 150 years since women were first allowed to study at the University. Women were first admitted into the University’s Girton College back in 1869, but it […]
School Edugaytion: Have Things Changed for LGBT+ People?
Section 28 of Margaret Thatcher’s Local Government Act in 1988 which stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”. The now-repealed act was passed over 30 years ago, and LGBTQ+ rights have advanced miles since then, but this year has raised questions of how much has really changed.
An Hour’s More Sleep a Day Keeps Bad Grades Away?
A recent petition to allow later starts to the school day was debated in parliament last week, and was met with mixed responses from MPs. The petition, signed by over 180,000 people, argued that teenagers […]
The Mental Health Crisis In Teaching
Across the UK, teachers have started to leave the profession faster than their replacements are being trained. The resultant drain of qualified and capable teachers from our education system has left those who remain overworked, […]
Historical Amnesia, Miseducation, and Empire
Cartoon: “Allegoria sull’impero Inglese” (An allegory of the English Empire) by Augusto Grossi depicting the British Empire as a snake, 1878. In 2016, the Independent quoted a poll which found that 44% of British people […]
“Three or Four Universities” on the Brink of Bankruptcy
Student debt has been in the headlines recently. But it turns out that students who owe tens of thousands of pounds once they graduate aren’t the only ones who are struggling. With reports that three […]
Sanctuary Scholarships Set to Launch
The University of Leeds was recently pleased to announce that it will be offering Sanctuary Scholarships for forced migrants to the UK, in an effort to make a university education more accessible for asylum seekers and […]
Universities Accused of Racially Profiling UCAS Applications
Data from UCAS has revealed that black students applying to university are more likely to have their applications investigated than white students. The information shows that last September, 419 black students had their applications highlighted […]