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Earlier Oxbridge applications create new obstacle for poorer students, say experts

Bringing forward date for candidates to apply for courses and sit tests could disadvantage state school pupils

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

Liz Truss policies - new Prime Minister's full pledge card and how it hits you

Liz Truss now has to live up to her pledges - from the copper-bottomed to the vague. So here's a print-out-and-keep guide for you to make sure the new Prime Minister doesn't forget about them

Daily Mirror · Sep 6, 2022

‘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 · Aug 30, 2022

‘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 · Aug 17, 2022

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 · Aug 8, 2022

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 · Aug 4, 2022

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 · Aug 1, 2022

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 · Jul 31, 2022

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 · Jul 31, 2022

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 · Jul 25, 2022