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Annual debates over dumbing down or falling standards are not helping the standards of education in Scottish schools.

Scottish education must not be a political football - leader comment

RTE broadcaster Eileen Dunne has bemoaned the dumbing down of news and the ongoing issue of the gender pay gap.

Eileen hits out at 'dumbing down' and gender pay gap problems

This often results in a regrettable dumbing down of the mass TV audience, dragging the A-B-C audience to a D level, along with everybody else.

From dumbing down to brightening up

THE Church of England has been accused of "dumbing down" the baptism service, one of the cornerstones of the faith, by changing its wording so parents and godparents no longer have to "repent sins" and "reject the devil".

'Church should not dumb down baptism'

"Some very intelligent younger women are dumbing down to appear hotter and cuter and putting their looks and image above their brains - the reason being because 'hot' is seen to be desirable," she added.

Women becoming dull with 'celebrity culture of empty-headed narcissism'

FLAGSHIP ITV1 dayt ime show Thi s Morning has launched an urgent probe a f t e r a c c u s a t ion s of "dumbing down".

A hairy time for ITV1

UNIVERSITIES in the North East have defended themselves against accusations of "dumbing down" after figures showed big rises in the number of students getting top degrees.

Students first in line for degrees

Yet, for all the dumbing down that his image may have suffered, Gordon Brown made a telling point when faced with the question what he would do if he lost office.

They should try dignified mystique

DESPERATE jobseekers are dumbing down their CVs to secure jobs they're overqualified for, according to a global recruitment agency.

Don't dumb down your CV

THE Welsh host of Mastermind has hit back at claims that the show is dumbing down.

Try the chair, Humphrys tells MP; RETRO REPORT August, 2004 How we covered... Edited by Tony Woolway

Professor Bruce Fleming told The Washington Post regarding minority students meeting admissions standards, "First of all, we're dumbing down the Naval Academy.

Most diverse class of plebes enters Naval Academy