Tag: Education

Total Results: 182


Chinese students show support for President Xi in Manchester (Photo by Richard Stonehouse - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
02/10/2021 - 12:05am

How China bought Britain’s universities Our cash-strapped campuses are turning to Beijing — but at what cost to national security?

Mark Edmonds

Tuesday, January 5

05.01

The tragic cost of closing schools By weaponising education, we betray an entire generation

Jennie Bristow

Monday, October 5

05.10

The trouble with the diversity debate We're squabbling over symbols rather than focusing on the substance of inequality

David Johnston

Wednesday, August 12

12.08

Why exams pass the test of time There's a reason our assessment system has outlasted world wars — and will withstand Covid

John Gaston

Tuesday, April 28

28.04

Factory learning is crushing our kids Lockdown is an opportunity to learn that leisure is not the enemy of education

Roy Peachey

Monday, March 23

23.03

The secrets of successful home teaching Seven ways to stay sane while tutoring your own children

Roy Peachey

Tuesday, January 28

28.01

Why kids today should get hooked on the classics As a post-Christian crisis of meaning undermines the West, we should learn lessons from the pre-Christian world

Gareth Roberts

Tuesday, January 21

21.01

Boris must be bold: it could save lives Norway has eradicated child road deaths. With the same political will we could fix our own intractable issues

Ian Birrell

Monday, December 23

23.12

Brexit has exposed our education apartheid The referendum threw full light on the worsening education divide that cleaves our society

Matthew Goodwin

Friday, November 15

15.11

Why child labour beats school The working environment allows kids to interact with adults, adopt their social norms and learn skills

Ed West

Tuesday, September 17

17.09

We aren’t getting the best from our brains What would be madness in healthcare is standard practice in education.

Peter Franklin

Monday, September 16

16.09

Why you can’t dress up a state school Despite our progress, there's a reason the education gap is so vast between the state and private school systems

Polly Mackenzie