We’re starting a new series on this channel: unpacking the myths around wealth. From who the wealthy are, how they got their money, to whether
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Universities never realised they were harbouring the ideology that now seeks to kill them
There’s a bitter irony at the heart of modern higher education, which too few universities, and even fewer of their leaders, seem willing to confront.
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Are Starmer and Reeves now going to make children with special needs pay to balance their books?
I very strongly support this letter signed by 100 very well-informed people in the Guardian today: The legal rights to an education that meets the
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The far-right fear education
Far-right politicians from Trump to Orban to UK ministers are following the same authoritarian script: attack universities, control curricula, ban ideas that challenge power. As
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The UK economy: a dashboard
This is new, from the House of Commons library: This is the data that they supply: The data as it stands is pretty basic, although
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We need to educate for adaptability
Education that pretends the world isn’t going to change serves no one. It’s time we taught people how to change with the times. This is
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Investing in young people and music
I am a bit of a fan of Rik Beato’s YouTube channel. He’s a geek, and I like geeks, and most especially those who become
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Holding the ICAEW to account
My friend and former City, University of London, colleague Prof Atul Shah attended the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales AGM this week,
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Uncertainty, risk and misplaced assumptions on data and rationality
There has been discussion on pension fund management here over the last day or two. My suggestions when making my comments were threefold: Risk is
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