The move absent from creative subjects in schools makes a mockery of the prime minister’s plans to net more deprived pupils into higher educationThere were shades of the Laura Spence affair in David Cameron’s recent swipes about diversity at the University of Oxford. Back then, Gordon Brown’s intervention in the case of a state school pupil with 5 As rejected by Oxford ushered in a golden era of government policy to widen participation in higher education. No such luck this time. Government policy has started to reverse access to parts of the sector – nearly certainly by mistake. Related: Let's stop being defensive about the value of arts degrees Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com