This week on the podcast university funding is back in the news as Wales increases fees and the sector puzzles over fixing funding across the UK.
Are fee increases politically palatable, and what are the alternatives? Plus free school meals students face a “postcode lottery” for university entrance, and we’ve been taking a look at universities’ role in the public sector jobs pipeline.
With Gavan Conlon, Partner at London Economics, Jess Lister, Associate Director (Education) at Public First, Michael Salmon, News Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.
Read more:
- Tuition fees in Wales rise to £9,250 a year
- Those London Economics/Nuffield Foundation fee models in a nutshell
- A postcode lottery for university access
- The public sector needs graduates
- Public services are in crisis, and universities are part of the solution
- There are better ways to fund and govern universities as quasi-public services