Wonkhe: The major review of HE finance must focus on the real problems
Published on January 9, 2018
University Alliance Chief Executive Maddalaine Ansell has written a piece for Wonkhe about the government’s major review of higher education funding.
Maddalaine writes that the government needs to be brave enough to use the review to focus on the real problems.
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