The new GCSEs sever all remaining ties with adolescence for late twentysomethings

The education minister's proposal is insulting to children and demonstrates a profoundly anti-intellectual contempt for the teaching profession

What planet are the Lords on? A look at the Hansard report shows how those who would vote to kill the bill have done serious damage to their beloved institution

Why are journalists worthier of suspicion than people who want to hide things?

What we heard was the rare sound of an interviewee unpractised in dissembling

We love the idea that the degree system misses our unique gifts

Hunter’s vocabulary is an attempt to disarm a word designed to hurt him

Puritans should chill out. These words derive power from their taboo status

When he feigns ignorance of Harry Styles, Cable isn't ruefully noting his own high-court-judgeishness; he's trying to corner the market in Uncle Fuddly

I said stupid things when I was a teenager. I'm glad they're not on the record