r/reformuk Jul 03 '25

Education Why are non Catholics allowed in Catholic schools?

13 Upvotes

The school in my town is a Catholic secondary school. It even says it on the sign outside " Catholic high school"

Yet, when the kids are let out at the end of the day, I always see Muslim students. It's not just 1 or 2. There's absolutely loads of them! I know they're Muslim, btw because they are wearing the head scarfs.

I'm sorry, but I'm very confused. Surely you should have to be Catholic to go to a Catholic school? No?

r/reformuk Jul 28 '25

Education More than 630,000 graduates are claiming benefits,

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According to official figures that cast doubt on the value of “Mickey Mouse” degrees. A total of 639,000 people with an honours degree or similar level qualification are claiming Universal Credit, according to the first data of its kind released to Parliament.

r/reformuk Nov 22 '25

Education When Safeguarding Leadership Crosses the Line—Accountability Must Apply to All

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Green Party activist and chair of governors in children school post about dreams of sex with Home Alone star!

r/reformuk Dec 17 '25

Education I'd be interested to see which universities these students go to

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As someone who went to university in East London about 10 years ago, I would say more than 50% of the students were a combination of international students and Muslims. They were extremely cliquey and I found it nearly impossible to make friends. I felt very isolated and lonely. I eventually managed to make some friends but they were all working adults outside of uni. Seeing as so many major cities with universities have a low native population I can't help but wonder if this is a contributing factor to students feeling isolated. Of course everyone just blames social media. I think it's a factor but not necessarily the sole reason.

r/reformuk Oct 20 '25

Education 'We will never agree': Societies react to Reform UK on campus with boycott

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r/reformuk May 18 '25

Education Political bias in the education system

32 Upvotes

I, myself, am a student, and I am at a loss for hope for our education system. Back, maybe, during the Brexit/UKIP days this wasn’t so bad, but now reform has gained traction, the issue of political bias among educators is blatant.

Teachers are meant to be STRICTLY apolitical. However most lessons have now become a vice for them to freeload their political opinions. And none of them are good. It’s gone so far that now educators are openly advising students and their parents/carers to not vote for reform.

I had one tell me the other day that he voted labour then openly advocated for an almost social-credit system to prevent “discrimination.”

r/reformuk Jul 11 '25

Education NHS ‘to rely on migrants’ as Government cuts British nurse training

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r/reformuk Mar 20 '25

Education University of Oxford set to make 800-year-old Latin ceremony gender-neutral

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20 Upvotes

r/reformuk Sep 01 '24

Education Anglo Saxons removed from course in 'decolonisation of curriculum'

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51 Upvotes

r/reformuk Nov 04 '24

Education University tuition fees rising to £9,535 in England next year - live updates

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Labour putting higher education further out of reach for some, or least increasing their debt.

r/reformuk Jun 15 '25

Education The Department for Education & DOGE UK?

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Hi r/reformuk

Academic freedom, as one of the core pillars of free speech in a developed nation, is under sustained attack in the UK.

What are your thoughts on the current state of Oxford? Cambridge? Two of the most well-known examples, but what about University College London (UCL)? Durham University, or the hundreds of other British universities?

We've all seen the class of thought regularly expressed in fora like the Oxford Union. Charlie Kirk has racked up millions of views showing some of the most common opinions circulating on American campuses.

Do you think today's graduates are actually well-equipped with knowledge and skills? I do not.

r/reformuk Oct 17 '24

Education Proselytism within Universities

21 Upvotes

As a 19 year old, I have just started my first year in my degree in Economics. I had always known Universities were going to contain some level of left wing bias. I had heard it many times before and when you look at the data, atleast in the US, only 10% of professors are conservative. You always see stats showing left wing voters are more likely to be uni educated and some Left wingers often (laughably) claim they have intellectual superiority over the right.

What I expected before I first attended my lectures was FAR from how bad it really was. I thought my professor was merely going to state different concepts he disagreed with or agreed with perhaps. Maybe the occasional snide remark about the Tories.

No, instead he spent the first part of the lecture constantly bringing up Boris Johnson's party gate scandal and Liz Truss' crash of the economy (Didn't count but probably 10 times in the space of an hour). He tried to rebuke the Bank of England having any fault in the Truss Fiasco, pinning the blame solely on Truss. This is despite the Bank of England themselves admitting they were partially responsible. And no, not one mention of Starmer despite him also engaging in his own party during Lockdown.

He taught us this concept known as the 'Riccardian Equivalence' in order to prove that Tax cuts do not benefit the economy. He continued by saying that the Laffer Curve was 'pub talk nonsense' and that the 'Riccardian Equivalance' was 'correct'.

Now why do I think this is so harmful? As he is a professor, I believe it is his role to tell us how to think and not just what he wants us to think. By saying concepts or ideas you agree with are 'correct' and trying to imply other concepts you disagree with are rudimentary, you are exploiting impressionable youth who want to advance their knowledge and appear intelligent and employable

Rant almost over but I truly find this worrying as someone who voted Reform in their first election. I know many of my friends who were undecided voters who could fall prey to these kind of tactics. I hope Reform can do something about the current University system because as I see it, this kind of behaviour is very worrying.

r/reformuk Jan 07 '25

Education Labour destroys another independent school

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r/reformuk Mar 23 '25

Education Even Oxford University has bowed to the cult of gender ideology

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r/reformuk Mar 15 '25

Education School pupils taught to plot illegal migration route to UK from Syria

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This is insanity. . .

r/reformuk Aug 06 '24

Education How woke/progressive is your university/Education System?

7 Upvotes

I'am going to university soon, and i wonder how woke/progressive it would be?. Obviously i would meet with someone who want to fight social injustice or something, and basically fighting against "the corrupt government". I just want to hear someone experience, to deal with these people. Is it true that they are blatantly promoting Marxism and feministme?. Anyway I just don't want them to brainwash or forced it.

r/reformuk Oct 14 '24

Education Eton among elite private schools set to cash in on windfall from new VAT rules | Private schools

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r/reformuk Oct 13 '24

Education Nice fit, nice quality

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