There is an aspect of higher education that one never hears spoken – the cost of frittering away the productive working time of the young, an invisible drain on our society far larger than the direct costs of education.
It's time, says Aditya A, to crack down on graduate visas to Indian students not at the top universities. "Allowing them to come even though they take Mickey Mouse degrees and are not here to study anyway is perilous."
Grade inflation is rampant at universities, a consequence of replacing the pursuit of excellence with the pursuit of league table rankings linked to pass rates.
Child clinical psychologist Dr Zenobia Storah reviews the desperate accounts of life during the Covid lockdowns for young people and the appalling legacy for their mental health.
"The over-emphasis on diversity within education feels degrading. I am no longer a student with individual hopes, interests and motivations; I am now just mixed-race" – a college student speaks out.
Almost 80,000 students are taking legal action and demanding refunds over the costly courses disrupted by Covid that left many without the skills they need for the fields they wish to work in.
The Covid vaccines are up to 100 times more likely to cause a young adult serious injury than prevent him or her from being hospitalised with Covid, a study has concluded.
Why have students turned their backs on free speech? According to an excellent piece in UnHerd by Matthew Goodwin, it's a combination of generational change, victimhood culture and the marketisation of universities.
A new poll reveals students want less free speech on campus, not more, with 39% believing students' unions should ban all speakers that cause offence and 76% wanting to 'get rid of' controversial statues and memorials.
Universities are forcing students to go to their graduations alone, while families watch online, in spite of the scrapping of Covid restrictions. I wonder how many of these students are regretting taking out £45,000 loans?
