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I had a dream

…me, but I know I was very into music (Meat Loaf and Abba at the time – I developed more musical taste later); I was reading anything from Antonia Forest…

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Unfair Deal

…what it costs; we don’t want hidden extras The Minister for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, has ideas for higher education that follow from this common sense idea. In a…

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Context dependent

…years have seen considerable commitment and innovation as well. The law firm Clifford Chance, for example, has been trialling school- and university- blind selection, where interviewers don’t know which school…

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Violin, clarinet, football and choir

…in this term. So far I haven’t made use of private tuition – another paid for out of school activity that is surprisingly common in my neighbourhood. Where we live,…

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White noise

…available. I suspect it will need a powerful combination of these to help crack one of education’s most enduring problems. Comments Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education, University of London |…

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Could PQA help Sutton Trust students?

…do we see PQA as a silver bullet for social mobility, but it does have its merits that we believe are worth exploring. As with all complex policy ideas, the…