It’s strange and ironic that higher education establishments in Britain, institutions which ostensibly exist to broaden minds and deepen thought, should today speak in such a cliche-ridden, jargon-infested and deadening variety of English. Yet it’s unsurprising and rather appropriate that they should do so in order to communicate to everyone that they’re no longer interested in standards anymore.

What drives those who manage universities to behave like this, to issue directives against meritocracy framed in such turgid, recycled language?

What drives those who manage universities to behave like this, to issue directives against meritocracy framed in such turgid, recycled language?

In its latest initiative to be more ‘inclusive’, King’s College London has introduced an overhaul in its teaching methods, one that will ‘validate diverse knowledge systems and lived experience’. Under the heading ‘equality, diversity and inclusion,’ it is proposed that staff should ‘focus on ideas, not grammar.’ Marking should now be ‘inclusive’ and ‘embrace linguistic diversity’.

All of the above is of course thinly-veiled code for lowering standards in the name of a counter-productive and demented variety of multiculturalism. Alas, we should expect no less from academia and even secondary schools these........

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