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IN FULL: The ‘Diverse’ Cambridge Recruitment Guide That Could Have Boosted Arday

Cambridge University imposed an organisation-wide guide to recruiting more ‘diverse’ individuals. It’s the ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ in one document… The University has an investigation ongoing into the Arday debacle and has also announced a second probe into senior appointments. The faculty of education is in the spotlight… This ‘Diverse Recruitment Framework’ first appeared…

Education Secretary Makes Grammatical Mistakes in Statement About A-Level Results

Lucy Powell has put out a graphic on A-level results day celebrating the pupils now under her auspices. She said: “Congratulations to everyone getting their results today. You should be really proud of what you’ve achieved and I wish you every success for the future. A big thank you to the teachers and families who…

Cambridge University Launches ‘Full Investigation’ Into Jason Arday Appointment

Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice has announced the university will launch an investigation into the appointment of Jason Arday, as well as a review of its Misconduct in Research policy. The results will then guide a review into the appointment process for senior academic roles. Which would be helpful, to put it mildly… Read…

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,002,642 visitors visited 947,324 times viewing 914,668 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Prestigious US University Says It Has ‘No Record’ Jason Arday Was Visiting Professor Rod Liddle Dies Aged 66 James O’Brien ‘Feels Like a Mug’ After Backing Arday GB News Hosts in Sticky Situation Over…

EXC: Cambridge Professor at Centre of Plagiarism Row Once Stood as Labour Candidate

The Cambridge sociology professor at the centre of an almighty plagiarism row once stood as a council candidate for the Labour Party. That final piece of the puzzle… Yesterday Guido revealed that Arday’s position as a “visiting professor” at Ohio State University was denied by the institution. Where does this end? Last year Arday used…

EXC: Prestigious US University Says It Has ‘No Record’ Jason Arday Was Visiting Professor

Ohio State University says it has no record of Cambridge’s embattled sociology professor Jason Arday being a ‘Visiting Professor’ there, despite the claim appearing on his Cambridge University profile. Here we go again… In 2021, Arday became a Sociology of Education professor at Glasgow, making him one of the youngest professors in Britain. He moved…

‘Hurt’ Phillipson Sympathises With Sacked Starmerites After Demotion

Bridget Phillipson has told the Guardian: “Being education secretary was amazing … and I’m really proud of what we achieved in that time.” She said she resonated with Starmerites: “I know how people will feel, those who’ve lost out – I know it hurts. It hurts to lose a job that you have loved and…

Headache for Lucy Powell as Hackers Steal Hundreds of Thousands of DfE Records

The Times is reporting that hackers took more than 607,000 records from the Department for Education in an attack last week. Compromised data covers full names, job titles, phone numbers and email addresses of government officials, head teachers, and university staff… The DfE help desk and Turing Scheme records were hit. Hackers calling themselves ExfilSquad…

Education Secretary Says Spelling and Grammar Tests Are Too ‘Obscure’ and Takes Aim at Exams and Ofsted

The Education Secretary Lucy Powell is back from holiday and has given her first interview to the BBC’s Matt Chorley. A disaster… Here are the lines: Powell is anti-exams: “And it’s a lot, isn’t it? It’s a lot of pressure. Is it too many? Well, we’ve just had, the government’s just had this sort of…

Burnham Reheats Starmer’s Technical Education Policy

The big Burnham announcement today is just reheating Starmer’s 2025 technical education proposals. Downing Street will no doubt think this is fine because Andy is just that good at political comms… The government is announcing that “14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers……

EXC: Lucy Powell Goes on Holiday Three Days After Starting New Job & Visits Zero Schools

Guido understands that the new Education Secretary jetted off for sunnier climes on Thursday last week. Three days after taking up post… She is due back today or tomorrow. How is Mallorca at this time of year? Powell will have a quote in the technical education policy release to go out from No10 in the…