My recommended reading for today October 10, 2013
by Stephen Tall on October 10, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… BBC News – Public service cuts – did we notice? > “people who use a particular service are more likely to say it has got better than the general population” http://bbc.in/1cwPHvn BBC (…)
Oxford admissions, those misleading Department for Education stats, and the real challenge for social mobility
by Stephen Tall on October 10, 2013
You can tell it’s the start of autumn. Forget the chill in the air, Oxbridge admissions are in the headlines again. Last night, Newsnight editor Ian Katz tweeted a familiar-sounding figure: ‘Only 40 students who received free school meals got (…)