Posts Tagged “oxford university”
For-profit schools: some evidence of why I’m far from convinced
by Stephen Tall on June 29, 2014
Labour’s shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, this week called on Michael Gove to rule out profit-making schools, arguing “Beyond 2015, whether it admits it or not, the Conservative Party intends to introduce the profit motive into English education”. The Tories have sidestepped the issue and instead invited Labour to turn its fire on the Lib […]
Stephen among top 10 names for probability of getting to Oxford
by Stephen Tall on April 11, 2014
The BBC reports some unsurprising but fascinating research on the vexed question, Does a baby’s name affect its chances in life?: For the main part the effect of a name on its bearer rarely amounts to more than the effect (…)
The social divide of access to higher education: my take on what universities need to get better at. (Hint: EVIDENCE)
by Stephen Tall on January 24, 2014
I took part in the first ‘Directors Debate’ yesterday – on the real value and true price of scholarships in higher education – organised by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education at Senate House in London yesterday. We had 5 (…)
Mike Moritz’s gift to Oxford: a couple of thoughts from me
by Stephen Tall on July 12, 2012
Oxford University was yesterday able to unveil what is probably the largest ever pledged donation towards student financial assistance in the history of any European university. The bountiful benefactor? Mike Moritz, Welsh son of an academic emigre father who fled (…)
