
Letters to the Editor - Chronological Index
The following is a chronological list of letters to the editor published in The Times and The Telegraph with links to the original publications:
01) Tyranny of League Tables (Telegraph 29/04/2008) - Sacrificing the concept of an educated person
02) How to end A-level Grade Inflation (Telegraph 28/02/2009) - Fixed proportion given a set grade
03) Faith Teaching (Times 21/10/2013) - The line between nurture and indoctrination
04) Faster, Higher, Stronger (Telegraph 21/06/2014) - Oxbridge and Olympic Team - picking the best
05) Mobiles in Schools (Times 05/02/2019) - Need for parents to take responsibility
06) Trudeau’s Black Face Past (Times 21/09/2019) - Politicians and Digital Tattoos
07) Scrapping GCSEs (Times 13/03/2020) - International perspective
08) Risk Assessment (Sunday Times 31/05/2020) - Quarantine in the UK – for my own safety?
09) Those who can, teach elsewhere (Sunday Times 14/03/2021) - Brain drain from the UK
10) Oxbridge Cap doesn’t fit (Times 31/10/2021) - Oxbridge Quotas on Expat students returning to UK
11) Recruitment of Teachers at home and abroad (Times 29/05/2023) - Prejudice that international teachers face returning to the UK
12) Starmer’s ideas for oracy lessons for all students (Times 07/07/2023) - Oracy and Vivas in the age of AI Plagiarism
13) British Students battle for university places (Times 07/08/2023) - International Students and soft power
14) Reforming A-levels (Times 10/10/2023) - Need to look at wider skills and to reform methods of assessment
15) Greedy Universities put foreign Students First (Times 04/02/2024) - Preferential treatment of international students
16) University Funding (Times 27/03/2024) - Preferential treatment of international students
17) Safe Smartphone Use (Telegraph 13/04/2024) - Need for parents to take responsibility
18) Teacher Brain Drain (Times 10/06/2024) - Opportunities for teachers abroad. Teachers are free agents.
19) Teaching Boys (Times 15/08/2024) - Toxic Masculinity
20) Social Media Ban (Times 12/11/2024) - Legislation to ban under 16s from social media
21) Reform of the Educational Curriculum (Times 26/11/2024) - Need to also look at methods of assessment e.g. portfolios
22) Degree of Scepticism (Sunday Times 15/12/2024) - Degree Apprenticeships
23) Future of Teaching (Times 28/12/2024) - Hybrid schools, WFH and Flexible Working
24) Education Lessons (Sunday Telegraph 18/01/2025) - VAT on School Fees
25) VAT on School Fees (Times 11/02/2025) - Education in the UK has never been taxed - until now
26) Changing role of Schools post Covid (Times 19/02/2025) - Schools need to be communities
27) New World Order (Times 28/02/2025) - Universities, UK Boarding Schools and Soft Power
28) The Government is killing off Latin in Schools (Telegraph 10/03/2025) - Independent schools forced to cut subjects because of Autumn budget measures.
29) The Rise in Private Tutors (Sunday Tmes 13/04/2025) - The need to regulate the UK Tutoring industry
30) Social Media Ban (Times 14/04/2025) - The challenge of regulating Social Media ban for under 16s.
31) Scrolling Brain Rot (Times 25/04/2025) - The roles of school and parents in limiting mobile phone use.