Contents Summary Urgent financial crisis: The government’s inflation based increase in 2025 tuition fees from £9,250 to £9,535 will generate … Continue reading “Shares in Students: A New Model for University Funding”

The Toyota Camry looks like a nice family car to buy, with 2019 models coming in at around £29,000. Now … Continue reading “Why the Augar report on student funding is a step backwards”

Continued from Part 1.   The central flaw in our current system of financing higher education is that the third … Continue reading “The Great Tuition Fees Escape (Part 2)”

Jeremy Corbyn’s success at converting young people to his cause, encouraged by the promise of the abolition of tuition fees … Continue reading “The Great Tuition Fees Escape (Part 1)”

Universities minister Jo Johnson has reported that having a degree is worth on average £250,000 in higher lifetime earnings to … Continue reading “Does the UK really need more undergraduates?”

Most of us would expect political parties to spell out how much their manifesto pledges might cost and how they … Continue reading “Should manifestos be costed?”

The “Australian-style” points system that the Leave campaign was advocating during the EU referendum debate might provide more control over … Continue reading “Brexit reinforces the case for market-oriented reform of Universities”

Writing in The Times on Wednesday, Jo Johnson, the new Universities Minister, noted the disappointing statistic that almost half of … Continue reading “Universities need to deliver value for money”

In an age of big challenges, the general election campaign seems to be throwing up a host of small ideas. … Continue reading “Forget cutting tuition fees – student finance needs a complete overhaul”