England and US ‘falling behind on shift to values-led education’

We are in a highly globalised, competitive world and run the risk of producing graduates who are ill-equipped for it. Rather than virtue signalling, we should stop worrying about empathy or emotional intelligence and win the battle to maintain our standard of living so that we retain the luxury to consider such things.

'One of the most “exciting” current shifts in higher education was a move to teach students not just knowledge, but also skills and values'. This is false. 1. Skills and critical thinking are entirely dependent on knowledge, not separate from it. 2. Students should not be indoctrinated into the OECD's values, but should be enabled to develop their own. Despite his disavowal, it sounds as if Tom Fletcher is very much a 'culture warrior'. Let's hope the UK and US continue to be uncooperative and stick to teaching knowledge.