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Posts Tagged: Cambridge University

Andrew Lewer: It’s time to turn off the taxpayer funding of left-wing student union campaigning

Judging by its social media activity, the National Union of Students’ main current focus is ‘decolonising the curriculum’.

By Andrew Lewer MP | 21 January 2021 | 44 comments

Bernard Jenkin: How the power of local teamwork and public support can make test and trace work

The key lesson from the Cambridge scheme is the importance of public support. Eighty per cent of students volunteered to take part.

By Sir Bernard Jenkin MP | 9 November 2020 | 26 comments

Nick Gibb: Fair grades for A Levels and GCSEs, and congratulations to the students

We have worked with Ofqual to put in place the best possible system.

By Nick Gibb MP | 13 August 2020 | 52 comments

Neil O’Brien: The New Puritans want to tear down our liberal settlement. Here’s what they think – and why they must be resisted.

Countries need a balance of self-criticism and self-confidence. People are often called on to act for a greater good. But if Britain is shameful, why bother?

By Neil O Brien MP | 29 June 2020 | 131 comments

Universities have been in trouble for years. Ministers should seize the chance to reshape them.

With one of the Britain’s top educational institutions moving its courses online, there are big questions to ask about the future of the industry.

By Charlotte Gill | 21 May 2020 | 42 comments

Profile: Singapore, the city state mistakenly held out by Eurosceptics as an example for Britain to follow

Conservatives ought to know without being told that one cannot just take a glance round the world, see which culture one likes the look of, and graft it onto one’s own.

By Andrew Gimson | 9 January 2019 | 16 comments

Profile: David Lidington – the Tory loyalist diverging from his leader over Brexit. And now tipped as her successor.

At the heart of May’s operation, this staunch Conservative is now mulling potential ways to a second referendum with Labour MPs.

By Andrew Gimson | 17 December 2018 | 106 comments

Jonathan Clark: Is it time to sweep away our political parties – and clear the decks for Leave v Remain?

The electorate are less and less convinced by such arguments about party identity and destiny. Far underground, the tectonic plates are moving.

By Jonathan Clark | 11 November 2018 | 120 comments

Greg Knight: It’s time to stop putting the clock back each year – and plunging us into afternoon darkness

Churchill said more daylight hours would “enlarge the opportunities for the pursuit of health and happiness among the millions of people who live in this country”.

By Sir Greg Knight MP | 26 October 2018 | 82 comments

Profile: Jonathan Sacks, who accused Corbyn of supporting “racists who want to kill Jews”, and compared him to Powell

The former Chief Rabbi felt he had to speak up against the Labour leader for “legitimising the public expression of hate”.

By Andrew Gimson | 5 September 2018 | 117 comments

Robert Halfon: Degree apprenticeships – the key to fighting social injustice in higher education, and boosting productivity.

The new Office for Students must lead in this. There must be sanctions from the new regulator for those universities who are failing in this regard.

By Robert Halfon MP | 25 April 2018 | 21 comments

Robert Halfon: Ministers should value the Open University no less than Oxbridge. And the latter should open up to apprenticeships.

What is the objective of higher education if it does not play a major role in addressing our country’s skills deficit?

By Robert Halfon MP | 11 April 2018 | 40 comments

Willetts makes a powerful case for university expansion

The former minister upholds tuition fees, points out that these are good for the poor, and attacks academic resistance to competition.

By Andrew Gimson | 2 December 2017 | 47 comments

China offers pots of money. But beware how low we must bow in order to receive it.

Cambridge University Press is just the latest institution to regret sacrificing fundamental principles in return for Chinese business.

By Mark Wallace | 22 August 2017 | 103 comments

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