OECD research shows that the argument that the state "can't afford" to fund higher education is exactly and totally wrong - this is a money maker, not a money loser and borrowing to spend on higher and further education is a fantastic deal for the taxpayer. To improve the public finances, we should support greater spending on higher and further education, not massive cuts.

IN AN ideal world, higher education should be an option open to everyone who reaches the required academic standard. However, even under the current system of taxpayer-funded

In a new series of posts, I will be publishing round-ups from the web on the subject of something completely unrelated to higher education. They'll probably be about cats or robots or something. Because I won't be posting anything related to higher education, I assume that publications such as The Times Higher Education supplement will have no problem with me titling my new series 'THE Times Highe...

Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Higher Education, commenting on reports that the Government is planning to delay the Higher Education Bill indefinitely, said:

Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Higher Education, responding to the release of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee report into the future of higher education, said:

The Higher Education Academy and JISC have welcome yesterday’s (Tuesday 12 May) publication of the HE in a Web 2.0 World report, which looks at the projected future trends in the use of technology in higher education.

The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) today criticised the Government for using taxpayers' money as an easy way out, and urged them to explore other solutions that would limit the amount of our money at risk. With taxpayers' money on the line,...

The Times reports on "essay factories" offering 2.1 degrees or your money back. Bahram Bekhradnia, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, a think tank, is reported as saying: “It is potentially very serious and undermines the whole fabric of higher education.” No amount of legislation or plagiarism analysis will prevent these operations. In any case, plagiarism analysis is ...

It was in 1996 that Ron Dearing, who has died aged 78, and his National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education began work on what became the report Higher Education in the Learning Society. Dearing took in 240 meetings and 380 public submissions. Some 14 months later, the 2,000 pages of the first major report on higher education since the Robbins Report of 1963 was published. Throughout Dearin...

Plaid Cymru Education spokesperson Janet Ryder AM, has said that the details of the consultation on Higher education funding announced his afternoon by the Education Minister will have a positive impact on levels of student debt. ... full story