Recommendable!
"Britain prides itself on its universities – one sector where we still believe we lead the world. But, as David Butterfield reveals in this week’s cover piece, we are living off past glories and our most prestigious seats of learning are in crisis. Students are coddled not challenged, intellectual endeavour is dulled, mediocrity indulged. What we are witnessing is the steady infantilisation of education, he says. The brightest students sense they are part of a diminished spectacle but are unable to express their dissatisfaction. Our best writers concur. Philip Womack observes how undergraduates struggle to cope with basic reading lists (even ones featuring children’s literature) while Charles Moore laments the demise of the personal statement."
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