Governments have neglected the importance of high achievement in their focus on failing schools

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 replies to her critics

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...

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...

In 15 years Britain has acquired a mass university system. But this has not made us more equal

Britain's obsession with vocational training is wrong-headed. It has produced only one clear winner-the CBI

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