Why don’t we support young people?

Why don’t we support young people?

I remain convinced that the tripling of university tuition fees is regarded as an easy option for government to recoup funds towards the deficit, that today’s brightest young people are being unfairly targeted. I was also unconvinced by Danny Alexander’s...
Tuition fees and student unrest

Tuition fees and student unrest

My grave concern about tripling university tuition fees is that it is a flawed business plan. A bank would not lend thousands of pounds on the pretext that it might be paid back ONLY IF the students secures a job with a salary of £21,000. With the proposed changes...

The great value of university alumni

They say it’s not what you know, but who you know, and never has this been more essential than now for our troubled universities facing huge uncertainties over future funding. It means they actively need the support of any influential and glittering alumni...

An inspirational woman sold for £20

I learned about a very special woman last week during a visit to Girton College, Cambridge.  This was established as the UK’s first woman’s college in 1869 and located two miles north of the city centre to discourage “marauding male”...