IEA Featured Education

Sophie Sandor, Programmes Manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs, has written for CapX on higher education. In her article Sophie argues that both sides of the tuition fees debate share the same objective: more students enrolled in British universities. But that assumption isn't necessarily right. Young people are typically eager to get on, be ... Continue reading

Len Shackleton, Editorial Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for The Telegraph on the reality of how much universities actually help students into work. In his article Len argues that this week's publication of details of the employment and earnings of recent graduates show that we must radically qualify the belief ... Continue reading

Len Shackleton, Editorial Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs has written for City AM on our education system and how it can be reformed. In his article Len argues the long-term issues that face our education system include excessive numbers of examinations, incompetent and overbearing Ofsted inspections and an ever-more-prescriptive national curriculum. Governments ... Continue reading

Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs has commented in The Times today on Jeremy Corbyn's recommendation for universal provision of free school meals for all primary children. In the article Mark argues that free school meals provision is already a poorly targeted policy and extending it to all primary school children ... Continue reading