Where's the money for increased access?
In the second of our series of articles about universities in the 21st century, Gordon Marsden argues that top-up fees are not the only option if we want to sustain the expansion of higher education...
In the second of our series of articles about universities in the 21st century, Gordon Marsden argues that top-up fees are not the only option if we want to sustain the expansion of higher education...
Accusations of elitism at Cambridge and Oxford resurfaced this week as the latest figures revealed that, proportionately, white public school boys still stand a far better chance than any other group...
Members of the education select committee have condemned Treasury plans for substantial cuts to university spending in the week in which the government promised "opportunity for all". Gordon Marsden...
As the Labour Party quietly celebrates its centenary, Gordon Marsden finds continuities between Labour old and new. Anniversaries are tricky affairs. Certainly they give an opportunity to highlight...
Cabinet ministers used their political muscle to soften a potentially damaging select committee report on university access, it was claimed this week. Members of the education sub-committee claim...
The Commons' report on higher education will have to pull together a broad spectrum of opinion, says Claire Sanders The 11 members of the House of Commons select committee inquiring into higher...
More must be done to ensureuniversities recruit students from poorer backgrounds. Alison Goddard reports from Spain on European approaches to access Targets should be set for enrolling students from...
Alan Thomson asks key members of the education sub-committee what they would like to achieve this year The House of Commons education sub-committee has three inquiries planned so far for this year....
An awful lot of people are banking on a Labour government beating a path to their door for advice. An awful lot of them are going to be disappointed. Brian Brivati predicts who will be called and who...
The Teaching and Higher Education Bill gives education secretary David Blunkett - and his successors - sweeping new powers. THES reporters spell out these powers and the wide-ranging reaction to them...
The Teaching and Higher Education Bill gives education secretary David Blunkett - and his successors - sweeping new powers. THES reporters spell out these powers and the wide-ranging reaction to them...