tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497371600826660495.post424797759363109464..comments2023-05-23T16:47:55.593+01:00Comments on Shark Attack: In Defence of Oxbridge (part I)Mark Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863636301370094863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497371600826660495.post-62014171311833072632007-10-26T14:48:00.000+01:002007-10-26T14:48:00.000+01:00We seem to have a hangup about elite Universities....We seem to have a hangup about elite Universities.<BR/><BR/>We seem to be ashamed of academic excellence.<BR/><BR/>This is a great shame, and reflects badly upon our culture.<BR/><BR/>And its not as if Oxbridge don't bend over backwards to get diverse students, the problem is the state education system is failing too many people at a lower level.<BR/><BR/>Also, Oxbridge are no longer always the top for some subjects. Many consider Warwick Mathematics to be better than Oxford, and Imperial is up with both on Engineering.<BR/><BR/>(Declaration of interest: I went to Cambridge, which is obviously the best ;) )Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497371600826660495.post-11961061207472074432007-10-24T15:44:00.000+01:002007-10-24T15:44:00.000+01:00The ENA is however only one of the 'Grandes Ecoles...The ENA is however only one of the 'Grandes Ecoles'. Others include the 'Ecole Polytechnique' and the various ramifications of the 'Ecole Normale Superior'. <BR/><BR/>There are centuries of tradition in this fostering of a technical and administrative elite which stays in control despite what the political tides bring. It allows France to be governed in a certain top-down way with support for long-term projects. Part of the European problem is that France (under no matter what government) tries to create an Europe that can be controlled in the way France is, preferably by French-Trained experts.Edishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852931736127760026noreply@blogger.com