This week on the podcast we talk about potential HE policy after the election – could a tuition fee rise be on the cards in England if Labour wins?
Plus various sector organisations have their manifestos out, and we go over the Conservatives’ plan to cull “Mickey Mouse” low-value courses.
With Pam Macpherson Barrett, Head of Policy and Regulation at the University of Leeds, Chris Shelley, Director of Student Experience at Queen Mary University of London, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Mark Leach, Editor-in-Chief at Wonkhe.
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- Manifestos: British Academy, Wellcome, Sutton Trust, Royal College of Nursing, Lifelong Education Institute, Russell Group, NUS, Russell Group SUs,
- What are a future Labour government’s options to secure the future of higher education?
- Four futures: Shaping the future of higher education in England
- Why I wouldn’t bet against a fee rise after the election
- Tough questions for government and institutions to fix higher education’s finances
- Are the low-value courses in the room with us now?
- The wider impact of election promises on “poor quality” courses
- Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question