I love a bit of trashy TV as much as the next person, and some inconsequential and unenlightening viewing of a Sunday afternoon has become something of a lockdown staple. But although I don’t mind a bit of bad TV…
David Starkey is one of the most prominent historians and academics in Britain today. Specialising in Tudor history, he has published many books and hosted multiple television programmes for the BBC and Channel 4 since 1977. Recently, he has caused…
Recent headlines warning that nurseries face ‘mass closures’ as a result of the coronavirus pandemic should be a cause for concern for society at large. Regardless of whether an individual has nursery-age children, the current existential threat to the early-years…
When the government decided it would be Michael Gove who would announce that it was safe for teachers to return to the classroom, this was just another insult to a profession which has spent ten years being attacked by the…
Many longstanding issues with universities and higher education throughout the UK have finally come to light amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. From the use of non-disclosures agreements to silence students who’ve experienced misconduct, to the extraordinary tuition fee inflation for international…
On Friday 20 March, schools in Britain were closed as an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19. What followed was a tsunami of doubts, questions, criticisms and assurances. The timing of the pandemic is inconvenient for the British education…
One in five students loses money by going to university, analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown. Around 20% of former university students earn less than their peers with similar school results who did not attend university, highlighting…
Mhairi Black, the Scottish National Party MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, recently caused controversy when she brought a drag queen to visit a local primary school. Parents expressed outrage that Flowjob (The drag queen in question) had been invited…
Peterborough City Council has approved plans for the first state-funded Roman Catholic primary school in England in over a decade. The school will open its doors to 90 children in 2022, and will eventually accommodate 630 pupils. And, if oversubscribed,…