22nd June 2021

The big news today is that white working-class boy are falling behind when it comes to education. I could have told them that! Even when I was teaching at the university, we got very few of them taking the entrance exam. And I’m not surprised that it’s got worse over the years. Better employment prospects probably haven’t helped from that point of view: why spend 3 years at uni building up a debt wen you can get a job and start earning right away? But the question is: will those jobs lead anywhere?

Here’s more about the issue from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54278727