News and Views
4 August 2010
Graduate Tax: What’s in a name?
Obviously quite a lot if the fall-out from Vince Cable’s speech on universities is anything to go by. Of all people, the Secretary of State will know the difference between a graduate tax and a graduate contribution scheme.
28 July 2010
BBC NEWSNIGHT: Professor Les Ebdon talks student numbers and graduate tax
million+ Chair Professor Les Ebdon and the University of Bedfordshire played host to BBC Newsnight on 15 July as the programme reviewed Vince Cable’s first major speech on Higher Education as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
19 July 2010
A Graduate Tax? Qs that need answering...
12 July 2010
Professor Ebdon keynote speech: research concentration "stifles innovation"
8 July 2010
Leading academic attacks “Luddite” claims on graduate numbers
Claims that there are too many graduates and that public funding should be diverted away from universities and into apprenticeships are “short-sighted, deceiving and Luddite”, according to one of Scotland’s most senior academics.
8 July 2010
million+ Summer Reception 2010
million+ annual Parliamentary reception highlighted the ‘University Challenge’ for MPs and Peers who were also presented with the latest million+ publication So just what is a university? This provides the answers to frequently asked questions about universities in the UK, challenges some misconceptions and identifies key policy and funding issues for MPs and Ministers in the new Parliament.