“Nearly half of academics (48%) do not believe students are well prepared for university, a Times Higher Education poll of 1,150 higher education staff found.” So reports Jasmin Gray for The Huffington Post’s Young Voices.

Click on the thumbnail to read the whole article: Universities Admit High Numbers Of Students Who Are ‘Almost Illiterate’, Say Lecturers: Half of academics don’t believe students are prepared for university.

This article deals with the English Education system but might we draw meaningful comparisons with Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence? Are there similar issues at play? Is this assessment of national literacy standards fair? Does it tell the whole story? Clishmaclaver would love to hear your views.