#Oxbridge

Morgan Gardiner

MorganLGardiner

There are different motives for the government's change to university funding, but there's one that seems underdiscussed – Increasing the cost of humanities degrees does not devalue them, just as

Cambridge Land Economy

cambtweetlandec

I feel like this is important to talk about:When I applied to Cambridge, I’ve been going through quite a rough patch and because of a physical injury I couldn’t take

Nathaniel Tapley

Natt

None of this torrent of horrors looks like they even enjoy a pub. Johnson is a large glad of free red at an ambassadorial reception. Raab is five points at

Ada Palmer @🏡

Ada_Palmer

Recently, I saw a thesis adviser mark points off a history student's thesis for including a 19th c 2ndary source in bibliography. So while one needs to be careful w/

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Oxbridge have even more questions to answer about why they’re beholden to what the algorithm says, because of how they recruit. Candidates take their own in-house tests b) are interviewed

Owen Jones 🌹

OwenJones84

Private education is just one way the privileged are given their advantages. It starts from birth. Affluent parents have babies with higher birth weights. They have less cramped houses, meaning

Samantha Shannon

say_shannon

Since Media Studies is trending, I may as well mention that it was something I learned in my AS-Level Media Studies that almost certainly got me into Oxford. When I

Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪

SloughForEU

Dom was never a man of the people any more than Johnson (or Farage for that matter) is.Privately educated and an Oxbridge graduate, he lives in a £1.6 million Islington

Lewis Graham

LewisGrahamLaw

A short thread on the applications process for academic posts and a modest request for those with influence over hiring practices: please try to remember that there are real people

Justinian

AllThatIsSolid

I've only hired a handful of people in my career, and I'm not an expert in diversity or inclusion. I have seen some discussion of late about diversity hires v

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

My inbox continues to swell with awful stories of able, disadvantaged kids who have lost places at prestigious universities after being inexplicably downgraded. For instance, Joanna, who had a place

𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆 🦇

WoodIandWitch

People claim wealth privilege doesn't exist but here's a list of things I grew up not realising due to it- not everyone has spare bedrooms and studies at home- not

Dan Fox

d4nf0x

As they’re not showing one ounce of contrition (and are in fact doubling down) let’s remember the role of the WhatsApparatchiks in all this. The Luxury Communist, The Literal Communisthttps://www.thejc.com/news/uk/labour-apologises-to-w

Syed M. Saad Ahsan

saadahsan

Lahori Elite: 1. Live in Mansions/drive Audis, yet file "Nill" Returns2. Self Isolate, yet force helpers to work in homes3. Complain about Pollution in the city, yet scoff on Metro

Tom Clark

prospect_clark

1/Editing the WorldThe definitive story of @Wikipedia at 20 by @bspeed8 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/wikipedia-is-the-last-bastion-of-idealism-on-the-internet 2/I came at this with a strong bias — I use Wiki every day, and

Phil Syrpis

syrpis

In the debate about the A level results fiasco, many seem to be turning their fire from Ofqual and the Govt, to Universities. Why, it is said, can't Universities simply

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