…Johnson! Congratulations on your appointment. We appreciate that the first days and weeks in any new job are rather busy, so here’s our advice to help you navigate the acres of briefing that will be waiting for you at number 10. First, what lies at the top of the in-tray marked Higher & Further Education – a weighty tome of suggested changes to Post 18 Education and Funding. You are inheriting the recommendations of an advisory review that was lon…
…ever be priced out of education. We’ll be saying much more over the coming days and weeks as we dig down into the detail, so I am resisting the temptation for kneejerk reactions. Rather, I have some initial reflections. First, this was very much Theresa May’s review, driven by her team in No.10 from the start. It’s never been quite clear what problem she was trying to solve: serious structural problems in FE funding or having a political retail of…
Today sees the publication of a joint report by Universities UK and the National Union of Students into a critical issue affecting the higher education sector – the attainment gap between Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and white students. It shouldn’t need stating, but it is simply unacceptable that race and ethnicity should have any bearing on how well a student does in their degree. Unlocking potential and advancing knowledge are surel…
