Don’t let children drift along in life

THE outgoing chief of Ucas, Mary Curnock Cook, and parenting expert Noushin Rahman-Blake both advise parents and children to chill out and stop being so preoccupied with exam results or whether their courses will lead to graduate jobs.

This is idiotic. Far from letting children simply drift, schools and universities should be honest about what the job market requires and give compulsory classes on skills, networking, internships and CVs.

An early lead in the rat race is hard to make up.