• Arts Investigates: Where Lies the Value of an Arts Degree?

    So you’re going to be a teacher, then? Yes, bitch, and I’m gonna teach you how to live. I’m a second year English student, and I love it all; the reading, the faux-intellectual discussions, the sparse timetable… until I realise it’s 2am and I’m reading Batman comics, we’ve been...
  • Teach First: A Severely Flawed Graduate Scheme

    As graduation looms, so too does the prospect of future employment.  Off the back of this comes the frequent appearance of Teach First at careers fairs, handing out flyers in Portland Building or sponsoring university debates.  Pitching itself as a scheme with a ‘mission to end educational inequality’, it...