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‘Campaigning to keep the lights on’: the desperate plight of England’s schools and universities

Despite their costs going ‘through the roof’, education leaders fear they will be a low priority for the next occupant of No 10

The Guardian - UK

GCSE results: Fifteen famous people who prove you don’t need good grades to be successful

Sir Richard Branson, Drew Barrymore, Carey Mulligan, Steven Spielberg and Cameron Diaz among the celebrities who went on to triumph after exam disappointment

The Independent UK

A-level results: Fifteen famous people who prove you don’t need good grades to be successful

Sir Richard Branson, Drew Barrymore, Carey Mulligan, Steven Spielberg and Cameron Diaz among the celebrities who went on to triumph after exam disappointment

The Independent UK

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Brighton College student turns down Cambridge University to study at Yale

Shaun Pexton has turned down the prestigious Cambridge University, opting instead to continue his education in the United States.

The Independent UK

15 famous people who prove you don't need good grades to be successful

When you're in the middle of exams, it can feel like they're taking over your whole life.

The Independent UK

‘No room for complacency in upping representation of black students at Oxbridge’

Black Year 12 pupils have been disproportionately affected by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the Target Oxbridge programme said.

The Independent UK

Truss and Sunak’ ideas on education are ‘sugar-rush’ policymaking, says expert

Tory leadership candidates want to bring back grammar schools among other campaign promises but critics are wary

The Guardian - UK

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What would life under Prime Minister Liz Truss look like? From tax cuts to grammar schools

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has emerged as the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race as she dukes it out with Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson. Here we look at what a Truss premiership could mean

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss’s Oxbridge proposal is the latest vacuous idea from a slapstick Tory race

The ill-thought-out ideas issuing from Britain’s prime ministerial candidates are a cause for alarm, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss slammed as critics warns school policies 'ignore needs of disadvantaged kids'

The Foreign Secretary did not explain how her plan to offer Oxbridge interviews to all top students would work in practice

Daily Mirror

Flagging Rishi Sunak insists there's 'all to play for' as leadership vote starts tomorrow

Tory leadership election ballots arrive from Monday - and Rishi Sunak has been battling to make up ground after Liz Truss pulled ahead in the race to be next Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

What the absurd class cosplay of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tells us about Britain

The UK’s rampant class anxiety is enabling Tory leadership candidates who want to pretend we live in a meritocracy, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: Simon During on the demoralisation of the humanities, and what can be done about it

What state are the Australian academic humanities in? Simple. They’re demoralised. How can I tell? The signs are everywhere, but let’s just say that whenever humanities academics get together these days, conversations inevitably turn to a single topic: how bad things are.

The Conversation

Michelle Donelan decries long ‘obsession’ with pupils going to university

Ms Donelan says UK has seen university as the goal for all pupils for too long.

The Independent UK

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Don’t fixate on getting working class children to Oxbridge, social mobility tsar to say

Small steps up the ladder of success should be celebrated, the government’s social mobility tsar will say

Daily Mirror

'Elite universities such as Oxbridge should take more pupils from state schools'

Eva Simpson says more must be done to bridge the gap between schoolchildren at a distinct advantage over those who see elite educational institutions as places reserved for posh, rich white people

The Guardian - UK

Nadhim Zahawi’s Oxbridge claim is an insult to state school students

Letters: Michael Pyke takes issue with Nadhim Zahawi’s argument that it is up to state schools to improve access to elite universities. Plus letters from Richard Duckworth, Gerald Sandison and Nigel Gann

The Independent UK

State school pupils with same grades as private should go to Oxbridge – Zahawi

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The Independent UK

Education Secretary rejects push for Oxbridge to increase state admissions

Cambridge vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope has told private schools to accept they will get fewer students into Oxbridge in the future.

The Independent UK

White private schoolboys ‘are disadvantaged group due to culture war’ Cambridge academic claims

Historian says school names should ‘probably’ be removed from application forms to avoid this

The Independent UK

First Oxbridge college signs up to Government pledge on gagging clauses

Lady Margaret Hall College at Oxford has vowed not to use non-disclosure agreements.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m going to get so roasted for this!’ The nail-biting University Challenge final – reviewed by last year’s winner

Covering everything from voguing to ‘badass flags’, the grand final went down to the wire between Imperial and Reading – the first final not to feature an Oxbridge team in nearly a decade

Daily Mirror

Children from deprived areas 'let down' as 247 pupils win Oxbridge places in 3 years

More places were taken up by pupils from two private schools including Eton which charges £48,500 in fees and Westminister which charges £44,000 than poor families

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