This week on the podcast we pore over Rachel Reeves’ first budget and consider the implications for universities.
We also think about students’ finances as bus fares and the minimum wage both rise. Plus OfS has been rattling its sabre on consumer rights—but is the sector taking any notice?
With Andy Westwood, Professor of Public Policy, Government and Business at the University of Manchester, Mary Curnock Cook, serial sector non-exec and former UCAS CEO, Mike Ratcliffe, Academic Registrar at City St George’s University of London, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe, and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
Everything in the Budget for higher education
Student bus travel should be free
More consumer rights cases emerge from OfS and NTS
The minimum wage is going up. Will maintenance loans rise to match it?
The value of history
DfE to stop grading English schools based on proportion of Russell Group students
