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The Oxford Student can report that, out of all state school offers to Oxford between 2016 and 2018 surveyed by Progress 8 (a government performance measure which examines England’s state schools), about 74% of offer holders attended state schools considered ‘markedly above average’: only 30% of schools measured fall into this category. In addition to this, […]
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This loaded question only serves to perpetuate educational stereotypes at Oxford. I’ve been at Oxford for around 18 months and in that time there’s been one thing which seems ingrained in Oxford culture and by which I never fail to be perturbed – that recurring question, “which school did you go to?” Whoever it’s asked […]
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A Guardian article published this Thursday ran under the headline: “David Cameron’s Oxford college admits fewest state school applicants”, in a move described by a former Brasenose JCR President and others as a “hatchet job”, “the politics of despair”, and “the worst use of statistics ever”. The article began by drawing readers’ attention to the […]
Continue ReadingState school teachers will be given special training in Greek and Latin to combat the private school imbalance in Classics-related subjects at University. Michael Gove,the Education Secretary, announced that teachers in the state sector will attend courses on how to teach the ancient languages. The training project will be led by Christ Church’s Regius Professor […]
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