30.6.13
Knowledge Economy
UCU writes:
Wednesday’s spending review was bad news for universities, colleges and students. Student visa charges will go up, student grants will be frozen and funding aimed at encouraging the poorest students to apply to university will be axed. On Thursday, Danny Alexander announced plans to sell off student loans. All this in the same week that the OECD research showed the UK falling behind in investment in higher education at a time when demand for highly skilled graduates is still rising faster than supply.Sign up to the Knowledge Economy campaign.
