“Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education”, Tony Blair famously declared in 1996. Of course, he was right, even if he didn’t stay true to his word. Access to a good education is indeed the silver bullet for many young people’s problems across the globe. It’s […]
From next April, adults with no Level Three qualifications will be able to undertake college courses for free. Speaking from a college on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new lifetime skills guarantee intended to boost productivity and reduce unemployment in the UK post Covid-19. Amongst other new schemes, the government will be funding […]
Unlike most university application processes found around the world, the current application process in parts of the UK requires students to apply for university places using only their predicted grades as evidence for their academic ability. Offers are then made based upon these predicted grades. According to research, only one in six A-level grades is […]
Whilst many universities are making contextual offers for students from less privileged backgrounds, there are still a number of flaws in the system. I am a student at The University of Edinburgh. When applying in 2014, my offer for English Literature was AAA. That offer for the same course is now typically A*AA which is […]
Teacher, philosopher, aspiring writer, barista? What does the future hold if you study an arts degree? As a history student, I have been asked many times about the £36,000 of debt I have signed up for in exchange for four years of dusty books and no job. I have met prejudice in the past and […]