With today’s technology connecting millions around the globe in a matter of seconds, when news broke of Michael Jackson’s death, the events which ensued were in a surreal sort of way, pretty exciting. Rather than feeling saddened by talk that a living legend might have passed, Michael Jackson’s death didn’t quite invoke the absolute...
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Rumors abound that Michael Jackson is still with us. The answer, however, is here .
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I’m beginning to grow quite fond of the NUS president Wes Streeting. Generally, I can’t abide student politicians (I can’t abide normal politicians either), but Wes strikes me as a relatively sensible bloke, with a pragmatic approach to NUS policy. I saw him speak at a Future of Higher Education debate in Sheffield and...
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Do you remember Tom Daley? The little chap who was very good at falling with style from a very high platform into a deep pool of water at the Olympics? Apparently, as soon as he returned to his state secondary school he had the crap bullied out of him. Thus, after someone threatened (quite...
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When Susan Boyle appeared on our TV screens, just those few weeks ago, everyone was confused by the fantastic voice that came from the mouth of that bizarre, eccentric and unusual woman.
It was TV gold to say the least. Simon Cowell’s face when she began to sing was the epitome of what Britain’s Got...
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Policy Exchange have released a report arguing that universities should be allowed to fail if in debt. Duncan Robinson argues that, although the principle is sound, the report misses the point.
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The admissions tutor at Cambridge has revealed that the university pays scant attention to personal statements. Duncan Robinson explains why this is a good thing and how university admissions as a whole are completely flawed.
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Imagine the situation: you've just started a cushy graduate job and your new boss marches in -
"Right. I want a report on the results from the last quarter. I want it in three hours, done from memory, and written by hand on that wobbly single person table over there."
Not going...
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Lovely headline in the Telegraph today:
Parents will need fund of £83,000 to pay for child's university fees.
Wow. That's a lot of moolah. It's also bollocks.
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The Institue of Fiscal Studies is set to give a report next week on the causes of inequality in higher education and how to increase accessibility.
I haven't seen the complete report but I did, however, find a Powerpoint presentation given by an Institute of Fiscal Studies researcher back in December 2008 that revealed a...
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