Sun.Dec 29, 2024

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Nostalgia is holding Oxbridge back

HEPI

Famke Veenstra-Ashmorewas an intern at HEPI in the summer of 2024. She previously completed a BA and an MPhil in English at the University of Cambridge and now works as a parliamentary researcher. My report about the gender awarding gap at Oxbridge has generated a lot of discussion on social media. Though I was astutely warned by HEPIs Director to expect flak from certain right-wing publications, I was surprised that the only explicit and personal attack came from a female Times columnist.

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Here's How Jimmy Carter Changed Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Kelly Field Many of todays policy debates and controversies had their origins in the presidents one term in office.

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Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100

Higher Ed Dive

Before a private interment in Plains, Georgia, there will be public observances in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., according to The Carter Center.

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