War Horse author failed 11-plus as a boy and believes return of selection in education would add to the divisions in society https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/13/grammar-school-plans-divisive-stupid-michael-morpurgo-war-horse
DetailsInitial rankings of state selective and comprehensive schools by GCSE results show The Henrietta Barnett School and Thomas Telford come out top http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/gcse-results-2016-best-state-schools-top-100-grades-uk-secondary-where-are-a7211931.html
DetailsAs Theresa May calls for more selection to help disadvantaged pupils, evidence emerges showing the entrance exam is intrinsically unfair on them https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/12/tutor-11plus-test-grammar-schools-disadvantaged-pupils
DetailsFrom racist ‘banter’ to Eurocentric history degrees, higher education is haunted by Britain’s colonial past. But what does it mean to students? https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/06/how-britains-old-empire-lives-on-in-universities
DetailsParents whose children fail the 11-plus ‘will choose to pay fees rather than see them get a second-rate state education’ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/10/grammar-schools-middle-class-boost-private-education
DetailsStatistics cast doubt on Theresa May’s claim that new policy has social mobility at its heart https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/09/disadvantaged-children-under-represented-in-grammar-schools
DetailsCompletion rates for students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds still relatively lower when compared with others http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/Studies/dropout-retention-rates-at-universities-in-england-social-market-foundation-staying-the-course-a7228186.html
DetailsOne doctor reflects on what he would do differently to avoid the errors he made in his Cambridge University interviews http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/oxford-cambridge-university-answering-interview-questions-admissions-test-how-to-get-into-oxbridge-a7218206.html
DetailsSurvey findings come at a time similar research has painted a bleak picture of student finances for the 2016/17 academic year http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/freshers-week-2016-bank-of-mum-and-dad-to-spend-58-billion-over-coming-academic-year-a7231951.html
DetailsUncertainty over research funding and immigration rules blamed for decline, as Cambridge slips out of top three for first time https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/05/uk-universities-fall-world-rankings-brexit-concerns
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