Proper gander
Girls are low in numbers. Nigella Vigorosso-Heck demands a recount. Last month the Economist magazine published an article entitled Sample Bias. It argued that women – and particularly schoolgirls – …
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Money and Government – Robert Skidelsky
A critical examination of economics’s past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time The dominant view in economics is …
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Economics: A Crash Course : Become An Instant Expert by David Boyle & Andrew Simms
From Publisher: Not long ago, economic theories were generally based on a narrow set of principles. Then the continuing boom-bust cycle combined with the failure of the best economic minds …
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Higher and Further Education Institutions across the globe declare Climate Emergency
Today, networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to …
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How to stop the brain drain
Nigella Vigoroso-Heck has an idea. It’s really hard to fuck up a lesson on Game Theory. Even the most didactic teacher would find it difficult not to let his students …
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India’s educated youth suffer as jobless rate hits 45-year high
NEW DELHI — India’s worst labor market in decades is taking an especially heavy toll on younger urbanites, making it imperative for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with effective …
Read MoreUntil politicians take radical steps to level the playing field, social mobility will keep getting worse
According to the Social Mobility Commission’s ‘State of the Nation’ report, inequality is now entrenched in Britain. It requires urgent government action to tackle one of the great ‘burning injustices’, …
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Schools out
Martin Parker looks at lessons learnt from the lessons taught in business schools. In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, there were plenty of people willing to write op-ed pieces …
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Apprenticeships system favours those who already hold skills
This morning the Department for Education (DfE) published figures outlining the number and type of apprenticeships that were started during the first month of 2019. January isn’t a big month …
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