The ends of education

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:42:09 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/08/the-end-of-education.html>

"So we're into the Conservative Party leadership run-off campaign, and the two
candidates are throwing policies at the base that, to outsider ears, sound
increasingly bizarre. But there's a lot we can learn from them about how the
Conservative elite perceive the state of the UK today, and some of it (who am I
kidding? Most of it!) is disturbing.

In the latest move, potential Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (the richest MP in
parliament, a former Goldman Sachs employee and hedge-fund manager who married
a billionaire) has vowed to phase out university degrees that do not improve
students' "earning potential":

... Yeah, I know what you're thinking: "train the serfs for work, actual
education is for the wealthy elite". But there's a lot more to it than that."

Via Kevin O'Brien.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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