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Sir Richard Lambert
Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities
Richard Layard
Young people need a clear path to apprenticeships

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Young people need a clear path to apprenticeships
Matthew Bishop
Financial literacy lessons will help kids plan for the future

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Financial literacy lessons will help kids plan for the future
Rachel Sylvester
Broken education system is holding back the young, top scientists warn PM

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Broken education system is holding back the young, top scientists warn PM
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Almost every family is failed on special needs, says ombudsman

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Almost every family is failed on special needs, says ombudsman
Rachel Sylvester
The government has flunked its curriculum review

Wed 5 Nov 2025

The government has flunked its curriculum review
Tobias Ellwood
Why I back the baccalaureate

Wed 29 Oct 2025

Why I back the baccalaureate
Sarah Foot
Postgraduate study shouldn’t just be for the wealthy

Tue 28 Oct 2025

Postgraduate study shouldn’t just be for the wealthy
Onjali Q Raúf
Schools can’t blind our children to the injustices in Gaza

Wed 22 Oct 2025

Schools can’t blind our children to the injustices in Gaza
Róisín Lanigan
Welcome to dumb Britain

Sat 11 Oct 2025

Welcome to dumb Britain
Naomi Alderman
In praise of ‘rip-off’ degrees

Fri 10 Oct 2025

In praise of ‘rip-off’ degrees
Rachel Sylvester
Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas

Mon 6 Oct 2025

Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas
Barney Macintyre
Investors eye top private schools and SEN provision

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Investors eye top private schools and SEN provision
Anna Fazackerley
Overcrowding and ‘chaos’ as colleges scramble for fees

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Overcrowding and ‘chaos’ as colleges scramble for fees
Anna Fazackerley
Novice examiners lead to huge rise in queries over grades

Sat 4 Oct 2025

Novice examiners lead to huge rise in queries over grades
Richard Ovenden
Libraries are palaces for the people. They need defending

Tue 30 Sept 2025

Libraries are palaces for the people. They need defending
Tom Wall
Yes, today’s jobs market is tough for graduates – but AI is not to blame

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Yes, today’s jobs market is tough for graduates – but AI is not to blame
Catherine Milner
Pupils starved of art lose their creative spark

Sat 27 Sept 2025

Pupils starved of art lose their creative spark
Matthew Bishop
Ellison the Almighty, 81, sets his sights on Oxford

Mon 15 Sept 2025

Ellison the Almighty, 81, sets his sights on Oxford
Stephen Armstrong
The kids are alright: top A-level students look to the future

Tue 19 Aug 2025

The kids are alright: top A-level students look to the future
Shuab Gamote
The A-level results are out, yet career paths are broken

Sun 17 Aug 2025

The A-level results are out, yet career paths are broken
Rachel Sylvester
Question: who is marking your GCSE? Answer: an AI examiner

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Question: who is marking your GCSE? Answer: an AI examiner
Kenan Malik
AI thrives where education has been devalued

Sat 2 Aug 2025

AI thrives where education has been devalued
Chris Smith
Free speech is our touchstone of academic excellence

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Free speech is our touchstone of academic excellence
Rachel Sylvester
Teach First brand must be protected, say head teachers

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Teach First brand must be protected, say head teachers
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer’s next big battle: reforming the special needs system

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Starmer’s next big battle: reforming the special needs system
Rachel Sylvester
How to fix special needs education

Fri 18 Jul 2025

How to fix special needs education
Brett Wigdortz
I founded Teach First – I know how much it has helped children

Sat 12 Jul 2025

I founded Teach First – I know how much it has helped children
Rachel Sylvester
Ministers step in to save Teach First

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Ministers step in to save Teach First
Rachel Sylvester
Labour to bring back 'Sure Start' for new generation

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Labour to bring back 'Sure Start' for new generation
Was the Diddy trial a failure to prosecute?

33 mins • S1, E247

Was the Diddy trial a failure to prosecute?
Tim Leunig
Boosting foreign students must be part of industrial strategy

Sun 29 Jun 2025

Boosting foreign students must be part of industrial strategy
Vanessa Thorpe
Stop boring young readers, says study

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Stop boring young readers, says study
Rachel Sylvester
Reeves: I did well at school but I’m here for the girls who didn’t

Sat 7 Jun 2025

Reeves: I did well at school but I’m here for the girls who didn’t
Rachel Sylvester
Surprise extra £4.5bn for schools as Reeves goes to wire on Cabinet cash

Sat 7 Jun 2025

Surprise extra £4.5bn for schools as Reeves goes to wire on Cabinet cash
Andrew Anthony
Alan Garber: the Harvard hero taking on Trump

Sun 1 Jun 2025

Alan Garber: the Harvard hero taking on Trump
David Blunkett
‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world’

Sat 31 May 2025

‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world’
Anna Fazackerley
Teens warned against TikToks that predict exam questions

Sat 24 May 2025

Teens warned against TikToks that predict exam questions
Martha Gill
An obsession with exams is failing our children

Sun 18 May 2025

An obsession with exams is failing our children

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