Tory policy on Higher Education
The more one knows about the Tory policy on higher education, the less one likes. I originally thought it was a good policy, but that was because I have happy memories of spending very little on a good higher education and was keen for others to have the same opportunity. I hadn't actually twigged that the policy involved less opportunities and less money, ie. a classic Conservative policy.Martin Wolf puts it best in today's FT:
"The Conservatives are proposing that some 250,000 qualified young people will be rationed out of universities a decade from now. To make up for the revenue lost when they eliminate even the present fee, another 100,000 places would need to be cut. Yet the underfunding of universities would still be unremedied. These proposals are contemptible."
The policy of this website on higher education remains as it has, by and large, been for the last couple of years. I'm in favour of introducing variable fees as long as they are also levied on current graduates for each year that they studied. This should raise much-needed funds, and concentrate minds on the issue.
posted by Matthew @ 1/23/2004 01:26:00 PM
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