The publication of a guide explaining how the 'top' Russell Group universities look down on certain subjects has been met with predictable howls from the left and the usual scorn for Media Studies from the right.
I teach both history and politics and it's clear to me that there is a vast difference between the standards required for history and politics. Politics can be learnt by rote, indeed I had a student at a previous school who achieved a staggering set of results in Politics without understanding a thing, he simply learnt all the model answers he'd been provided with. In his other 2 'academic' subjects he achieved 'Ds'.
It shouldn't be the case that the universities have to choose between different A -levels it's OFQUAL's job to make sure that their is academic equivalence between subjects. However, they don't want to interfere with the 'market' between exam boards and this alongside with the vogue for democratising education has led to the universities having to blacklist subjects . It's this failure to regulate and to be honest with students that has affected the lives of students not the elitism of the Russell group.
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