The IFS puts numbers on the value of a degree, by course
New Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis finds about a quarter of UK graduates will be financially worse off over a lifetime than if they had not gone to university, with performing arts graduates around £43,000 worse off than non-graduates. The averages conceal enormous spread, and the same course at different universities produces different outcomes — which is the figure to look up rather than the subject average. Making the most of university covers what moves it.
Glasgow opens voluntary severance as international numbers fall
The University of Glasgow has opened a voluntary severance scheme, citing declining international student numbers. It joins Ulster, Nottingham, Exeter and Goldsmiths in cutting staff this year. Voluntary schemes tend to lose the staff with the most options, which is why departments often feel the effect before any compulsory redundancy is announced.
Nearly a quarter of students report harassment
New data showing almost a quarter of students experiencing harassment prompts an argument that belonging, free speech and protection from harassment stand or fall together — that a campus where people feel unsafe is not one where anyone speaks freely. It is the most useful framing yet of an argument that has been treated as a trade-off all year.
What the education white paper would do to access
HEPI examines whether the white paper’s proposals would hamper access, and asks what is happening to maintenance loans in the meantime — the support that has not risen with rents and that the government has not committed to restoring as grants. Student finance explained covers the current position.