Operation Varsity Blues is privilege gone wild
Privilege is a term that is often uttered in hushed tones, with an air of concealment and shame or, at least, mock-shame. It is something that people rarely want to…
Higher education needs a revamp to remain relevant
There is a crisis looming. Adolescents barely old enough to vote, drink, or drive, are being forced into debt they do not understand and, frankly, cannot afford. This is a…
A science degree and an arts degree should cost the same
As a biology student, I’ve always thought that between the ten fold increase in contact hours and expensive lab equipment I definitely get my money’s worth – one of the…
Private schools should be abolished
In a nation where education is compulsory from the age of four until we’ve completed GCSEs, then apprenticeships or A Levels at 18, how have things become so unequal? School…
Only unaffordable education can free a girl in Swaziland
University. It’s a weird one. We exist in a little bubble of safety, delaying D day (aka the real world) as long as possible. For a girl I met in…
Stormzy’s Cambridge scholarship isn’t controversial at all
British rapper Stormzy recently announced that he would fund two black students to study at the University of Cambridge, one of the most prestigious institutions in the world and one…
Student debt isn’t that big or that bad
In all of the furore surrounding the university tuition fees and student loans system, there has been relatively little discussion over perhaps the most consequential element of the system: the…