Articles by Alison Wolf
Alison Wolf / April 20, 2011
Governments have neglected the importance of high achievement in their focus on failing schools
Alison Wolf / June 29, 2008
Last year's medical training fiasco was a failure of NHS centralisation. And the surge in the number of medical students, plus an open door for foreign doctors, means there will be a mismatch between...
Alison Wolf / April 23, 2006
For the first time in history, women in developed societies can take up any occupation or career they please. This has brought enormous benefits. But it has also had some less positive...
Alison Wolf / January 20, 2003
Universities are struggling to cope with the expansion of higher education. Should students pay more for the benefits? Can you have excellence in a mass system? Does Britain really need world-class...
Alison Wolf / July 20, 2002
In 15 years Britain has acquired a mass university system. But this has not made us more equal
Alison Wolf / August 20, 1998
Britain's obsession with vocational training is wrong-headed. It has produced only one clear winner-the CBI
Alison Wolf / December 20, 1996
The take-off in post-school education has consequences beyond the control of governments, explains Alison Wolf. Among them is the flight from vocational qualifications