Let’s renew funding and support for research as a public good
There has rarely been a time when science was so prevalent in our minds – leading daily news…
Universities
Labour should make better use of supportive academics
Whoever wins the leader and deputy leadership contests will have a difficult task unifying a Labour Party still…
Sally Hunt: Universities UK must stop playing games at talks today
Is anyone aware of another strike where the boss said he “absolutely supported” his striking staff? In a…
Labour won Tory seats with a stirring campaign – but danger lurks in the detail of both parties’ spending plans
General election 2017 (seats won compared with 2015): Conservatives: 318 (-13) Labour: 262 (+30) SNP: 35 (-21) Lib…
Neena Gill: Starmer’s speech got it right – Theresa May’s white paper shows how dangerous a Tory tax haven Brexit will be
When Theresa May called an early general election, she was right to speak about the importance of forming…
Wes Streeting: Fair pay, yes, but let’s end the fat cat salaries for university bosses
Britain has one of the best higher education systems in the world, educating millions of students from across…
Jeremy Corbyn’s vision for education is miles ahead of Owen Smith’s
Two weeks ago, the Tories’ scrapping of maintenance grants for the poorest students came into force. The government…
Labour and students united in fury as Tories scrap university grants for the poorest
Angela Rayner has condemned the Government’s scrapping of student maintenance grants and said young people were being forced to…
Eagle hits out at Osborne for making students pay more
Angela Eagle today accused the Tories of “fundamentally breaching the trust of students” by changing the nature of loan…
Where next for Labour’s higher education policy?
Very little was said during the Labour leadership contest about the future of our higher education sector, beyond…
