Nelson Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, and he was right. In today’s global knowledge economy, high-quality skills aren’t just the engines of Britain’s wealth and growth; they give each of us choices about what kind of life we…
TWO of the Conservative Party’s leadership candidates have pledged to introduce a new deal for students as part of their manifestos. Jeremy Hunt and Andrea Leadsom say it is time to tackle the tuition fee loans system to reduce the debt burden on students when they leave full-time education. Mr…
There’s just the faintest whiff of new thinking in our railways. A breath of cool air on a passenger’s cheek that might, just possibly, herald a wind of change. And it’s coming, improbably, from the next-door sector of airlines. The Rail Delivery Group, a big-shot industry trade association, has just…