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Wonkhe Weekly: Spending, Greening, extremism

On the podcast this week our guests discuss the coming comprehensive spending review and revelations about fees and funding plans from former Education Secretary Justine Greening.

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On the podcast this week our guests discuss the coming comprehensive spending review and revelations about fees and funding plans from former Education Secretary Justine Greening. There's also a new report on extremism, the independent review of the TEF and a parking issue in Portsmouth.

With Adam Wright from the British Academy; Nik Higgins from The Access Platform; and Wonkhe's editor Debbie McVitty.

Items this week:

  • Justine Greening "wanted to scrap tuition fees"
  • Henry Jackson Society report on extremism on campus
  • Independent review of the TEF
  • Parking issues in Portsmouth

And this week's "Yes, but does it correlate?" plotted expenditure on premises vs total number of buildings on campus

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