Cambridge tells Govt to stop meddling

[8Ace]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/ed...

The Vice Chancellor of Cambridge has told government ministers that to force state school admissions will harm standards.

Thank god for that. Let Oxbridge carry on being a pair of world class institutions that allow people entry on merit rather than some wretched government directive.

[Simpo Two]

This government knows nothing of standards anyway, which is why every school leaver has 10 A**** GCSEs and can't spell.

[Diderot]

Simpo Two said:

This government knows nothing of standards anyway, which is why every school leaver has 10 A**** GCSEs and can't spell.

[8Ace]

Simpo Two said:

This government knows nothing of standards anyway, which is why every school leaver has 10 A**** GCSEs and can't spell.

Similarly, the Cambridge Pre-U has been developed since it's impossible to screen applicants effectively if everyone has eleventeen A levels.

Following Staffordshire (I think) Chief Constable's vow to ignore policing targets, it's refreshing to see another sector driving things their own way.