I think that our education system here is falling behind. Others globally, we've latched on by what we do

well, which is exam pastures. We haven't looked enough at what's happening globally.

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William Butler Yates, the great poet, observed education is not the filling of a pale, but the lighting

of a fire. And whilst most would agree that education is the passport to a better future,

how should we be thinking about education today and tomorrow? After three years of the Moneymes podcast, in which

many of our guests have been armed with notable academic successes from a variety of institutions

worldwide, we thought it overdue to examine the topic of education. Today, I hope we're going to

discuss some of the important questions. How shall we define a good education? How will AI influence both

teaching and learning?

Does the cost-benefit of private education and university education

represent a good return on investment?

Was Tony Blair simply wrong in his desire to have 50% of the UK population university-educated?

And how do we think about affecting change and defining great leadership?

So to attempt this, we sought out one of the most distinguished and respected figures in the world of education,

a headmaster who has achieved formidable success at Brighton College and then Wellington,

successes and changes that would make any CEO celebrated by its shareholders,

but also a former Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University,

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