James Tooley: University Is Not a ‘Safe Place’. It’s a Place for Ideas That Trouble and Challenge | British Thought Leaders

Published on January 16, 2024

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor James Tooley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. James talks about the challenges of running a university that champions free speech, why it’s important for education to counter the orthodoxy, and his research into the success of private schools in the world’s most dangerous slums. ...

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