Lydia Dye-StonebridgeIs it time for British universities to part ways with conditional offer making?With increasing demand for highly competitive courses and institutions, as well as ongoing concerns about selection fairness, should…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeMaybe we should look beyond race in student admissions, but we’re not ready yetAs the Supreme Court deliberates whether race should be dropped from admissions decisions, some consideration should be given to the fact…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeAre university league tables really pernicious?League tables can help those considering study in the US , a vast and unregulated ocean of choice. But that’s probably the limit before…Oct 7, 2022Oct 7, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeEnglish graduates are taxpayers tooCriticism is often levied at courses with lower than average student loan repayments, including English. But are English graduates actually…Sep 19, 2022Sep 19, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeIn the heights of student fundingHow student funding in the UK and US works, and how it doesn’t.Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeWhen it comes to university, what’s going to get you ahead?New data from the Sutton Trust and Institute for Fiscal Studies outlines the courses, places and universities that give a social mobility…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeWhy is the English-speaking world falling out of love with English?The uptake of English degrees in the UK has fallen by over 25% in the last 10 years. The trend is worse in the USA. What’s going wrong? The…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeWhen it comes to university, who does the Government want to go where?UK Government’s proposed higher education funding reforms, which could include student number caps in the humanities, are likely to have a…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeThe risk of forgetting working-class whites yet againBoth the UK and the US have introduced higher education initiatives aimed at working-class whites. But do they do enough to promote…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
Lydia Dye-StonebridgeThe art of understanding excellence in higher educationIn a bid to improve excellence in student outcomes, the UK Government is looking at new qualitative measures to cut out ‘Mickey Mouse’…Sep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022
