Inside Education
Testing and assessment: We will fail him on the beaches
A computerised system is increasingly being used to mark exam papers. It's a good job Churchill wasn't being examined...
Time for change: How a young woman plans to shake up the school system
Rachel Wolf has helped shape the Tories' policy and has already set up her own think tank. Is she the face of the next Conservative decade?
- Steve McCormack: Why do we spend so much money on schools?
- Education Quandary: I am very physical in how I teach drama. But my new headteacher has told me to change the way I work. Do I really have to?
- Niel McLean: Technology can bridge the gap between parents and schools
- Leading Article: We need a crackdown
New chapter: How college are helping to change people's lives
The upcoming Colleges Week will highlight the many benefits that college life offers.

Students get new courses for the 21st century
Aberdeen is the first British university to carry out a thorough review of what it teaches. But, asks Lucy Hodges, will the customers like it?
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• Matthew Norman: Cowell is a God
He has no need to play God. On Greek mythological lines, he is one
• Adrian Hamilton: Lies, damn lies and Berlin speeches
We're back to propping up rotten regimes. Stability is more important than values
• Christina Patterson: Why it's hard to be a blonde in the City
A big, fat, dark, ugly man who complained about their intelligence
