To widen access, let’s produce more schoolteachers

Widening opportunity in higher education is about more than access

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By James Miller

1 June

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By Paul Basken

10 September

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Axeing predicted grades ‘may hinder, not help’ widening access

New analysis suggests concerns that exam forecasts harm equality ‘are not supported’ by data

By Simon Baker

18 March

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Excessive focus on cutting dropouts ‘may hamper widening access’

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By Chris Havergal

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#1 Submitted by msl_csp on April 3, 2023 - 10:36am

Surely, the main reason school teaching is not attractive is that it does not pay well for what is expected and that is at the heart of the current strikes. Idealistic virtue signalling about moral duties does not pay any bills and as the son of a school teacher, there was never anything that could have been said to make it appealing.

What if the best way to widen access is to produce more schoolteachers?

Encouraging graduates into teaching would bring a ready-made army of advocates for university study into daily contact with pupils, says Jane White

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What if the best way to widen access is to produce more schoolteachers?

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