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Higher education needs to earn back the trust of white working class families

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By Anne-Marie Canning, David Morris, Mark Leach
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This is not an aspiration gap. It is a trust gap. Living a happy life, having a stable job and having a roof over your head.” That was how one year seven pupil described success to the independent Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, for which I was a board member. There is nothing small about that ambition. It is the kind of life many families want for their children: security, good work, independence and happiness.
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Higher education postcard: Pontifical Gregorian University

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By Hugh Jones, Mark Leach
| Wonkhe
When you investigate universities’ histories you quickly realise that who gets to call a place a university, and who gets to grant the power to confer degrees, are contested matters. Remember that universities – at least in the European model – are medieval in origin, and the name does not mean universal but a single unit – a universitas, in Latin.
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Podcast: PhD students, Burnham

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By Mark Leach
| Wonkhe
This week on the podcast we ask why UKRI is spending more on PhD studentships while the number of funded starts falls. New analysis shows doctoral stipends have taken priority over the volume of studentships, with UKRI-funded starts 22 per cent lower than a decade ago – so do we have the right number of PhDs, and what does this mean for institutions, disciplines, UK science and academic careers?
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