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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And I hereby bestow you the honour of being the final question.
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And Elizabeth sent this in by email.
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Hi, Mo and Sophie.
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I've got two questions.
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OK, two questions.
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First, when grammar schools are shown to provide strong educational benefits for bright children from poor families, giving them the confidence of sound knowledge and the ability to learn and interact in a wide range of working environments,
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Why was it made illegal to found new grammar schools in many counties in the UK?
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And also, when the UK has workforce shortages of highly skilled workers in technical and practical roles, why were the polytechnic institutions changed into universities?
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So, grammars and polytechnics, grammar schools, Sophie Pender.
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So grammar schools are not the solution now where they might have been in the past.
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Many polytechnics into universities.
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People say not only are they sort of not universities in the sense that they don't necessarily pursue the same academic subjects, but actually there was a kind of implied rebuke to vocational education.
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There's an implied thing of saying, you know, it's not cool to do technical stuff.
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Shouldn't polytechnics be polytechnics?
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I think that's what Elizabeth's getting at.
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It should be aptitude, not origins.
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That's a motto.
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Or a plumber.
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Hairdresser.
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Anything?
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