What fair access really means
This is nothing if not a radical government. In just 300 days it has transformed the landscape of Higher Education, trebling fees, slashing funding for the arts and ending the historic partnership between the state, the university and the student. This week’s letter from the Office for Fair Access to Universities is another moment on [...]
By David Lammy | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 March 2011 at 12:28 pm
The Government has decided to alienate an entire generation
Thursday’s A-level results day will see the usual headlines about results going up, photos of students jumping for joy and opinion pieces on how the exams must be getting easier. However, this year has a more sinister twist. At a time when jobs are thin on the ground, more school leavers are looking to University: [...]
By David Lammy | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 1:54 pm
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