In December 2013 in his Annual Autumn Statement the UK Chancellor George Osbourne announced the end of the Student Number Control (SNC) regime for English higher education institutions, thereby removing the cap on places that had been in place since 2009. But how and why did we get here? Was this the Government's plan all along? Colin McCaig builds on his recent research to take us on a journey of paradoxical adventures in higher education market making.
