Update on student loans: four points
In the past month, there have been a number of developments regarding student loans. Here are four quick points covering terms, the mooted sale and sustainability: The Regulations governing loans...
View ArticleNew Hepi report on student loans
John Thompson and Bahram Bekhradnia of Higher Education Policy Institute have just published a new report, The Cost of the Government’s reforms of the financing of higher education. It provides...
View ArticlePrivate Providers – market creation out of control
The Guardian’s revelations this evening underscore why I called my book The Great University Gamble. The government exploited the existing ‘designation’ process to allow students at over one hundred...
View ArticleOBR writes down estimated graduate repayments
There was nothing in the Budget about the sale of student loans. But the Office for Budget Responsibility has quietly let slip a big revision to student loan repayments to 2018/19 inclusive. §4.162 Our...
View ArticleHE Commission report on the financial sustainability of English HE
The lastest report from the HE Commission focused on the financial sustainability of the HE system in England. It was officially launched at an event in the House of Commons on Monday. Here, I will...
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