I’m torn by the hard hat v graduation cap debate. Is it wrong that I want my kids to go to university? | Emma Brockes

As Andy Burnham intervenes, it’s clear that the shine is coming off higher education. But is society ready for this mindshift? Am I? For a while now I’ve been having a conversation with friends that a few years ago would’ve been largely unthinkable. Partly, this is because of how sheltered we all tend to be when trying to imagine our kids’ lives running on different tracks to our own. But it’s also about the world changing. A brilliant young person I know left school, took up an internship, t...

By Emma Brockes