University: a waste of time and money?

The financial crisis facing the UK’s university sector is tightening its grip. The Office for Students (OfS) – the sector’s regulator in England – says that 40% of universities are running deficits an

Options to help meet the growing expense of higher education

Christine Cunniffe chokes up a little when I ask her about the children who have left her school since VAT was levied on their fees. “It’s been done quite quietly. I feel for their pain. You can only

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Help them make the student loan last (without missing out)

Speculation has reached fever pitch about the contents of the government’s forthcoming Autumn Budget. This follows the assessment of the highly respected NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Soci