As the FT notes this morning: Only one in four young adults say they received any financial education at school, according to new research, highlighting
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2024 was hard, exciting and worthwhile. How was yours?
2024 was an exciting year for me – not least because I decided to retire from everything but thinking and social media related work. That
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When might we have child-focused education?
The furore about the treatment of pupils at two supposedly ‘top’ academy schools in Hackney, London, is growing. The Guardian and Observer have been documenting
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Accounting Streams: a new approach to undergraduate accounting education
I am taking part in a presentation at lunchtime today that marks the launch of the Accounting Streams programme and the associated online (and free
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Am I your problem, Kemi Badenoch?
Kemi Badenoch has made clear that she thinks that university-educated people who might challenge what she wants to do to this country are high on
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What happens when the economy rejects young peole en masse?
As if to reinforce the message in my video this morning, the FT has reported that: UK graduates face the stiffest competition for jobs on
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The FT needs to improve its financial literacy on the tax gap
The FT has an editorial headline this morning that says: I was pleased to see it, given that the tax gap has been an issue
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Educational achievement reveals deep-seated inequality in the UK. What can be done about it?
A partially ChatGPT-generated summary of this article is: A-level results in England highlight widening educational inequalities between rich and poor, different regions, and private vs.
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Does Labour really not care that up to ten UK universities might fail soon?
The FT had an article yesterday foretelling the anticipated failure of up to ten UK universities. As they note: The universities regulator has announced a
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