Private school VAT furore shows just how much help our state schools need June 27, 2024 VAT on private schools has been slated as a "tax on aspiration" - but why don't we focus on making state education aspirational?
Are you #StateSchoolProud? Business leaders are telling their stories today June 13, 2024 Lawyers, investors and board members from tens of companies have taken to social media to tell their stories, of navigating the business world from school.
Study in London, boost businesses in London June 12, 2024 The partnership between London’s businesses and universities is a key driver of economic growth and success, says Dr Diana Beech With the capital region home to the highest-skilled economy in the country, it is vital that London’s businesses get access to the high-level talent they need from London’s impressive pool of graduates and can forge [...]
Election 2024: Labour will be ‘partner’ not ‘barrier’ to innovation June 11, 2024 A Labour government will be a “partner that can unlock potential”, not a “barrier” to innovation, shadow minister Peter Kyle has pledged.
Tory plans to axe rip-off degrees don’t go far enough May 30, 2024 Too many university courses waste students’ time and energy leaving them loaded with debt and costing the taxpayer billions. Cutting low-value courses is a good start, but the system needs much more radical reform, says Daniel Herring The Conservative Party’s pledge to cut low quality university courses should be welcomed by anyone concerned with the [...]
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
Graduate visa ‘does not offer any skills value’ to UK labour market, MP claims May 15, 2024 The graduate visa system “does not offer any value to the skills of the UK labour market”, an Conservative MP has claimed.
End ‘damaging speculation’ over graduate visas, business groups warn May 14, 2024 Government must end the “damaging speculation” over the graduate visa route, business lobby groups have warned.
International students are a growth strategy, not an immigration problem May 14, 2024 Higher education is an export worth more to the UK economy than tobacco. Rebranding international students as an immigration issue will do real damage to businesses, say Jamie Arrowsmith and John Foster Since 2019, this government has been quietly delivering one of the most successful strategic policies in recent memory. The target: to drive a [...]
Will it work? Cuts to university arts funding April 11, 2024 Sam Fowles takes policies on their own terms and asks if they solve the problem they’re supposed to. Today, cuts to university arts funding.