Amol Rajan
speaker
3,997 appearances
23 recordings
6 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 16 Jul
Amol Rajan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 12.
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You know, perhaps something else has got to go.
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But would it be worth it?
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Because the value of kids, I mean, you got three A stars.
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And yet when you went to a seminar at Bristol University, it was a shock when someone said, what do you think?
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Oxbridge colleges now would say they take tremendous efforts to try and make sure they don't discriminate against kids from state schools.
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Do you think progress has been made there?
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Sure.
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We'll take that as an answer.
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Why do you think Oxbridge colleges have not made tremendous progress on state school applicants?
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I mean, the numbers have improved.
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They're not 93 and 7.
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It's still terrifying for lots of people.
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I mean, you come from some state schools, you go to these colleges, they just look imposing and terrifying.
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And you meet people who are kind of imposing and terrifying.
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Which doesn't put you in a great state of mind when they ask you what you're reading and then you give an honest answer rather than saying Chaucer or Dostoevsky.
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We're going to take a final question.
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This is the final, final, final question.
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which I'm going to put to one of our radical guests during my tenure.
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And it comes from Elizabeth Kent from Hampshire.
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Thank you, Elizabeth.
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