…or fixing problems they left behind. As the placement continues, my responsibilities increase. l work from 10am to 6pm – often later – calling in products from fashion PRs, returning…
Teaching by Degrees
…of choice for many graduates. Hence the cruel idiom, “Those who can, do; those who can’ t, teach”. But during the early years of the new millennium, a number of…
Fewer students given financial help
…from universities and colleges has fallen for the second year in a row, an official report shows. But those who did receive help did get bigger awards, according to information…
Race in 21st-century Britain
Sutton Trust data on elites quoted in an article on difficulties facing BME young people written by Sathnam Sanghera for the Times. Award-winning writer Sathnam Sanghera returns to his home…
Election consensus and challenges
…main political parties than you might think. Indeed there has been a strong degree of continuity in approach since Kenneth Baker’s reforms of 1988. And this sense of commonality may…
Teenagers hit £5.5m jackpot to study at top US universities
Writing for The Times, Nicola Woolcock reports on the early success of this year’s Sutton Trust US Programme participants. Almost 40 British teenagers, many from lower-income families, have been awarded…