With Secretary for Education, Michael Gove, proposing dramatic changes to the country’s schooling, Big Debate asks, are his proposals promising? YES: Rebecca Shapiro “We cannot afford to have an education system that was […]
The Secret Curriculum
We are all commodities. All of us. Our value is dictated by someone we have never met, and by people we do not know. We are all faceless, anonymous tools, to be used at will […]
LUU Leadership Race 2013
Update @ 17:40 – The live blog is now over, full concise coverage of the debate is now available online here. Or re-live the live blog below. Thanks to LSTV for their video stream. With the […]
Syrians fear for Uni future
25.01.13 A student has submitted an idea to the Better University Forum after a Syrian student was left fearing for his place at Leeds, after his government failed to pay his tuition fees. The […]
How Much For The Degree?
With the introduction of fees for University, there has been a growing trend among commentators and politicians alike to call us consumers rather than students. The idea of education as a public good is being […]
Big Debate: Protest Without Progress
The recent NUS demo in London failed to attract a crowd anything like that of the 2010 march against the rise in tuition fees. Big Debate asks, was Demo 2012 a waste of time? […]