Education

Martin Parker looks at the expansion of UK higher education and suggests that while access to education has improved, it is now based on a market that treats students as bags of cash and academics as the labour necessary to extract the value from the students.…Read more

This policy briefing covers policy recommendations that focus on improving the lives of young people with the aim of reducing youth violence.…Read more

Ahmed Badawi Mustapha examines the area of 'digital poverty' in Sub-Saharan Africa and the impact this has on productivity and social wellbeing. COVID-19 has further exposed the problem and led to an increase in social problems. …Read more

Gerbrand Tholen questions the belief that investment in education will give all graduates privileged opportunities to become high-wage earners. There is no evidence to support these claims which stem from an inflated belief in the role of higher education in the economy. …Read more

Frances Howard puts forward a powerful case for the value of youth arts programs, whilst acknowledging the inequalities and social issues that can take place within them. …Read more

UNESCO’s International Literacy Day takes place annually to remind us of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. Enabling information literacy and access to literacy is increasingly at the heart of the Bristol University Press mission. …Read more

Carl Purcell, co-author of 'Protecting and Safeguarding Children in Schools', discusses the impact on schools of the tension between safeguarding and educational responsibilities, amid contradictory policies imposed on them.…Read more

In January 2022 the New York Times podcast Serial brought the story of the Trojan Horse Affair back to public attention. This case study shows how John Holmwood and Therese O’Toole’s book 'Countering Extremism in British Schools?' explores the response to the scandal.…Read more

Prof Banu Özkazanç-Pan talks about the academic sacrifices she has had to make in order to find support and wellbeing as a woman within an institutional environment, and what might be necessary to bring about a more inclusive academic environment. …Read more

Aimee Grant explains how she came to documentary analysis in her career, and why it can be a fantastic leveller for students and researchers with a wide variety of needs.…Read more