Katharine Birbalsingh’s departure gives the Commission an opportunity to focus on families, employers and colleges too.
Risk and income sharing agreements allow institutions and students to become partners and shift losses on poor-value courses away from taxpayers.
Austerity and the cost of living are doubtless going to dominate the Government agenda, but the summer gave us a glimpse of what ‘Sunakism’ would look like.
These may take time to bear fruit, but must reassure the markets now that the growth path in expenditure will be measurably lower. Such measures must involve doing less, as well as doing things differently.
The number of young people into higher education keeps on rising and has gone over 50 per cent. It is nothing to do with any target.
Getting more A* students to Oxbridge or building more technical colleges is not equal to the task of poor quality degrees, cancel culture, and pointless student debt.
Modularised courses could help to prepare learners for work in growth sectors whilst reversing decline in strategic industries.
She is pushing through reforms which are of tremendous significance, but as yet unnoticed by the wider public.
What turns young people away from the Conservatives isn’t more education. It’s the retreat of the property-owning democracy.
Radical devolution and a new focus on HE and FE are among two things that can help the Government achieve its aims.
Unlocking potential and expanding opportunity is a cornerstone to a just society.
The final piece in our series on levelling up comes from our fortnightly columnist – as the White Paper looms.
The third in a three-part series on how the Government can deliver a strong, secure future for the United Kingdom.
University culture wars are emblematic of a wider societal sickness; one that the Government has done little to get a grip on.
I could not in good conscience allow a Bill to continue that would have fundamentally changed the nature of the way we interact with one another for the worse.