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Episode 3 - Daisy Christodoulou: The risk is a Stupidogenic Society

29 Oct 2026 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 3

Dubbed Britain’s brightest student on University Challenge, Daisy Christodoulou is now one of the UK’s biggest brains in education. If you’re a parent, a teacher or a pupil, what Daisy has to say on the Amol Rajan Connection is urgent and matters, if we are to navigate the future together. And she’s not afraid to challenge current policies on teaching across the UK.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Daisy Christodoulou and the education debate

00:04:00 Who is Daisy Christodoulou?

00:08:06 When Daisy realised education was going wrong

00:12:50 Why we need long term memory and knowledge

00:17:56 Should we have more vocational courses?

00:29:14 The big education experiment in the UK

00:38:54 Daisy's Seven Myths of Education

01:02:17 The politics of education

01:05:42 Understanding the NEETs crisis

01:09:00 AI and education - are we getting dumber?

01:13:47 How should parents prepare kids for the future?

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Team:

Video Editor: Rachel Dinnewell

Cameras & Sound: Chris Meloff, Oakley Moffatt, Jack Kircher at Koko Studios

Producers: Pastel House Media

Production Support: Aphelia Jones & Merrie Cecilia

Produced in partnership with Sister Group

Social Media: Kiera Maloney

Executive Producer: Elizabeth Needham-Bennett

Credit: University Challenge, Granada Television, BBC2

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