The third degree

Back page gossip from the 27 July issue of Research Fortnight

Field of screams

And so the Conservative leadership race has been reduced to a contest between two Oxford philosophy, politics and economics graduates: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. So much for diversity of graduate outcomes. Maybe former education secretary Michelle Donelan was right—there are some courses that produce such terrible outcomes that they really should be closed down.