“Covid-19 did not break the university sector, but perhaps it can be the incentive we need to fix it.”

13 August 2020
Education

“Covid-19 did not break the university sector, but perhaps it can be the incentive we need to fix it.”

13 August 2020

Dr Stephen Davies writes for City AM

The pandemic has accelerated rather than caused a crisis in HE, exposing a structural weakness that goes back to the … Continue reading ““Covid-19 did not break the university sector, but perhaps it can be the incentive we need to fix it.””
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UK Higher Education has “reached a dead end,” says new IEA research

13 August 2020
Education

UK Higher Education has “reached a dead end,” says new IEA research

13 August 2020

A new IEA briefing paper outlines how Covid-19 has burst the university bubble, opening up opportunity for reform

Covid-19 is exposing the fundamentally unsound nature of the policy of successive governments and of the entire array of Higher … Continue reading “UK Higher Education has “reached a dead end,” says new IEA research”
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Older workers, self-employed and the youngest workers ‘should not be forgotten by policy-makers’

12 August 2020
Labour Market

Older workers, self-employed and the youngest workers ‘should not be forgotten by policy-makers’

12 August 2020

Len Shackleton quoted in The Telegraph

Responding to the ONS employment statistics showing Covid-19 job losses have hit the oldest and youngest workers hardest, the IEA’s … Continue reading “Older workers, self-employed and the youngest workers ‘should not be forgotten by policy-makers’”
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