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Summary Covid-19 is bursting the bubble in universities and higher education (HE), exposing the fundamentally unsound nature of the policy … Continue reading

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School Choice around the World

4 July 2019

Research

School Choice around the World

4 July 2019

...and the lessons we can learn

Education reforms that allow new educational providers to supply schooling into a state system can improve parental satisfaction and raise … Continue reading

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Eating or Meeting?

3 November 2017

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Eating or Meeting?

Terence Kealey

3 November 2017

The Dubious Case for Free School Breakfasts

Summary: The Conservative Party’s manifesto for the June 2017 general election included a policy to replace free school lunches with … Continue reading

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Education: War and Peace

27 October 2017

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Education: War and Peace

James Tooley

27 October 2017

Embrace private sector education in post-conflict states to improve standards

Summary: Low-cost private schools are ubiquitous across the developing world. This book explores their nature and extent in some of … Continue reading

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Getting the State out of Pre-School & Childcare

6 February 2017

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Getting the State out of Pre-School & Childcare

Ryan Bourne & Len Shackleton

6 February 2017

Many families now spend a third of their net income on childcare

Summary: Decisions on childcare arrangements were largely a private matter until the 1990s. A political consensus has since arisen that … Continue reading

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Abolishing the Research Excellence Framework

23 July 2015

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Abolishing the Research Excellence Framework

Professor J. R. Shackleton and Professor Philip Booth

23 July 2015

New research from the IEA outlines the serious shortfalls of the REF scheme as a way to fund higher education.

Summary The Research Excellence Framework (REF) assesses the research generated by UK universities. Most recently conducted in 2014, it is … Continue reading

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Universities challenged: funding higher education through a free-market ‘graduate tax’

23 October 2014

Research

Universities challenged: funding higher education through a free-market ‘graduate tax’

Peter Ainsworth

23 October 2014

Levy on graduate earnings should replace state funding of universities

Summary: · Although graduates tend, on average, to earn more than non-graduates, the ‘graduate premium’ varies greatly by subject and … Continue reading

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IEA Publications.

Setting Universities Free: How to deliver a sustainable student funding system

Setting Universities Free: How to deliver a sustainable student funding system

Back to School – and After

Back to School – and After

To a radical degree

To a radical degree

School Choice around the World

School Choice around the World

Eating or Meeting?

Eating or Meeting?

Education: War and Peace

Education: War and Peace

Getting the State out of Pre-School & Childcare

Getting the State out of Pre-School & Childcare

Abolishing the Research Excellence Framework

Abolishing the Research Excellence Framework

Universities challenged: funding higher education through a free-market ‘graduate tax’

Universities challenged: funding higher education through a free-market ‘graduate tax’

The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank.