Diversity Gone Too Far?

The Times Red Box Podcast by Anna Covell

Aug 6, 202630:30News & Politics

A Cambridge professor's resignation has reignited the debate over diversity and standards in British universities. Has the drive for equality gone too far? Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Syed and...

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