Universities

The death of the English literature degree

Thanks to “critical theory”, the study of English literature has become overrun with boring academics who hardly inspire the next generation

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Who runs Cambridge?

How truth-seeking dons are organised and fighting back against social justice academics

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Utilitarians at the gate

Government and the purpose of higher education

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Free speechers are missing the point

The newly announced Higher Education Bill won’t be the great champion of free speech that people think it will be

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Why is Further Education still neglected?

The public expects more Government action on vocational options, says the Chief Economist at the Social Market Foundation

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Novel weapons

Could we be unwittingly researching both sides of a hypersonic arms race?

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The Spectre of Totalitarianism

The worst offenders in the new climate of intolerance are our universities

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Banned from researching trans

Perceived criticism of trans orthodoxy was too much for one university

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Are UK dons hopelessly naive on China?

Beijing’s growing influence means hard choices are going to get harder for the Government

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You had to be there

Riotous good fun for someone in No 10

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